menstruous
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of menstruous
1375–1425; late Middle English: menstruating < Latin mēnstruus monthly; see menstruate, -ous
Example Sentences
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Who casts these out of his sight as unclean and menstruous things?
From The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning by Hugh Binning
These are examples of the beneficent application of the menstruous energy.
From Balder the Beautiful, Volume I. A Study in Magic and Religion: the Golden Bough, Part VII., The Fire-Festivals of Europe and the Doctrine of the External Soul by Sir James George Frazer
Amongst the Maoris, if a man touched a menstruous woman, he would be taboo 'an inch thick.'
From Religion & Sex Studies in the Pathology of Religious Development by Chapman Cohen
In like manner among the Piapocos, an Indian tribe on the Guayabero, a tributary of the Orinoco, a menstruous woman is secluded from her family every month for four or five days.
From Balder the Beautiful, Volume I. A Study in Magic and Religion: the Golden Bough, Part VII., The Fire-Festivals of Europe and the Doctrine of the External Soul by Sir James George Frazer
Among the Bribri Indians of Costa Rica a menstruous woman is regarded as unclean.
From The Golden Bough by Sir James George Frazer
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