menstruate

Definition

To stain with or as if with menses.

Etymology

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

Example Sentences

• "A woman may have every quality or attribute of marriageableness who menstruates irregularly, or rarely, or even who has never menstruated at all."
• "Among the ancient Iranians, the puerpera, like the menstruating woman, was regarded as "unclean"."
• "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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