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mal mariée

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
mal -mariee
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

Etymology

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

Inflected Forms

mal mariées (plural)

Questions

What does mal mariée mean?
A young woman with a much older, jealous, and controlling husband, especially as a literary motif in medieval European romances.
Where does mal mariée come from?
Learned borrowing from French mal mariée (“poorly married [woman]”). Compare Middle French maumariée (from mau- + mariée).

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