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mal mariée

mal mariée noun: a young woman with a much older, jealous, and controlling husband, especially as a literary motif in medieval European romances.

Noun

mal mariée (plural mal mariées)

  1. A young woman with a much older, jealous, and controlling husband, especially as a literary motif in medieval European romances.

Forms of mal mariée

pluralmal mariées

Origin of mal mariée

Learned borrowing from French mal mariée (“poorly married [woman]”). Compare Middle French maumariée (from mau- + mariée).

Questions about mal mariée

What does mal mariée mean?
Mal mariée means a young woman with a much older, jealous, and controlling husband, especially as a literary motif in medieval European romances.
What part of speech is mal mariée?
Mal mariée is a noun.
What is the plural of mal mariée?
The plural of mal mariée is mal mariées.

Words near mal mariée in the dictionary

  1. mal
  2. mal de mer
  3. mal du pays
  4. mal du siècle
  5. mal du Suisse
  6. mal mariée
  7. mal mariées
  8. mal-
  9. Mal-ay
  10. mal-developed
  11. mal-di-gomma

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