† menstruˈosity Obs.
[ad. L. type *mēnstruōsitās, f. *mēnstruōsus: see menstruous.]
The condition of being menstruous; concr. the menstrual discharge. white menstruosity, leucorrhœa.
| 1597 A. M. tr. Guillemeau's Fr. Chirurg. 32 b/2 When as there [women's] menstruositye too superfluouslye floweth from them. 1599 ― tr. Gabelhouer's Bk. Physicke 220/1 For the whyte menstruosytyes of a Woman. Take whyte horehownde [etc.]. 1634 H. R. Salernes Regim. 195 When the menstruosity keepeth due course..letting of bloud should not be done. 1653 Sclater Funeral Serm. 25 Sept. (1654) 16 It is but as a defiled, nasty, and polluted menstruosity. |