menstruate

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English

Etymology

menstruum +‎ -ate; sense 2 (“to undergo menstruation”) is possibly a back-formation from menstruation.[1]

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -eɪt
  • Hyphenation: men‧stru‧ate

Verb

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  1. (transitive, obsolete, rare) To stain with or as if with menses.
  2. (intransitive) To undergo menstruation, to have a period.
    Synonyms: be on one's period, be on the rag

Alternative forms

Translations

Adjective

menstruate (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete) Menstrual.

References

  1. ^ “menstruate, v.”, in OED Online Paid subscription required⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, September 2001.

Further reading

Anagrams

Italian

Verb

menstruate

  1. second-person plural present indicative of menstruare
  2. second-person plural imperative of menstruare
  3. feminine plural of the past participle of menstruare

Latin

Verb

(deprecated template usage) mēnstruāte

  1. second-person plural present active imperative of mēnstruō
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