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menstruate

English

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Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

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Verb

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menstruate (third-person singular simple present menstruates, present participle menstruating, simple past and past participle menstruated)

  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
    • 1884, The Medical Age, volume 2, page 358:
      A woman may have every quality or attribute of marriageableness who menstruates irregularly, or rarely, or even who has never menstruated at all.
    • 1885, Hermann Heinrich Ploss, Max Bartels, Paul Bartels, translated by Eric John Dingwall, Woman: an historical, gynæcological and anthropological compendium, page 150:
      Among the ancient Iranians, the puerpera, like the menstruating woman, was regarded as "unclean".
    • 2021 November 20, Angela Mollard, “Gen Z cancelling musical Grease is disappointing”, in The Daily Telegraph, Surrey Hills, N.S.W:
      Fortunately, there’s early signs of a “wokelash” from institutions that won’t cower to this nonsense. When staff at publisher Hachette threatened to down tools because they regarded JK Rowling as a toxic transphobe for a tweet mocking “people” who menstruate instead of “women”, management pushed back saying they couldn’t refuse to work on a book because they disagree with the author’s views.
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Etymology 2

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From menstruum +‎ -ate (adjective-forming usffix).

Adjective

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menstruate (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete) Menstrual.

References

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

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Italian

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Etymology 1

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Verb

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menstruate

  1. inflection of menstruare:
    1. second-person plural present indicative
    2. second-person plural imperative

Etymology 2

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Participle

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menstruate f pl

  1. feminine plural of menstruato

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Latin

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Verb

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mēnstruāte

  1. second-person plural present active imperative of mēnstruō

Spanish

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Verb

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menstruate

  1. second-person singular voseo imperative of menstruar combined with te
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