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Definition of Henpecked
1. Adjective. Harassed by persistent nagging.
Definition of Henpecked
1. Adjective. Particularly of husbands, plagued or overwhelmed by a nagging or overbearing wife. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Henpecked
1. henpeck [v] - See also: henpeck
Lexicographical Neighbors of Henpecked
Literary usage of Henpecked
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Works of Robert Burns by Robert Burns (1877)
"half-shackled.l THE henpecked HUSBAND. (STEWART, 1801.) CURS'D be the man, the
poorest wretch in life, The crouching vassal to a tyrant wife! ..."
2. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable: Giving the Derivation, Source, Or Origin of by Ebenezer Cobham Brewer (1898)
"Yon are henpecked. A black oz was sacrificed to Pinto, the infernal god, as a
white ono was to Jupiter. The dumb ox. St. Thomas Aqui'nas ; so named by his ..."
3. The River of Golden Sand: The Narrative of a Journey Through China and by William John Gill, Henry Yule (1880)
"... the ' Lekin'—City of Chien-Ch'uan- Chou—A henpecked Warrior — Fair Words of
the Chou—Road through Populous Rice-lands—Lake Basins—I-Yang-T'ang—Rudeness ..."
4. The Poetry of Robert Burns by Robert Burns (1896)
"EPITAPH ON A henpecked HUSBAND IN a MS. note on a copy of the '86 Edition in the
British Museum, Burns states that the subject of this epitaph was ' Mr. ..."
5. Life in the mission, the camp and the zenáná; or, Six years in India by Helen Mackenzie, Colin Mackenzie (1854)
"... Bones— Afghans and Sikhs — Elephants — henpecked Hindu — Asses —
Paroquets—Taxes—Poetical Justice—Dust Storm—Taxes in Kashmir —Little ..."
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