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unhenpecked

unhenpecked adjective: not henpecked.

Adjective

unhenpecked (not comparable)

  1. Not henpecked.
    • If women knew how to treat men, not a husband, unhenpecked, would be found from Indos to the Pole.1857, Edward Bulwer-Lytton, What Will He Do with It?
    • But neither of us can think of a solitary case where a woman had a career and managed to have a balanced (mentally) family including an unhenpecked husband.1990, Donald J. Albers, Gerald L. Alexanderson, Constance Reid, More mathematical people: contemporary conversations, page 224

Origin of unhenpecked

From un- + henpecked.

Questions about unhenpecked

What does unhenpecked mean?
Unhenpecked means not henpecked.
What part of speech is unhenpecked?
Unhenpecked is an adjective.

Words near unhenpecked in the dictionary

  1. unhem
  2. unhemmed
  3. unhemming
  4. unhemolyzed
  5. unhems
  6. unhenpecked
  7. unheparinised
  8. unheparinized
  9. unhepatic
  10. unheppen
  11. unheralded

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