2. Noun. (obsolete plurale tantum) A woman's period; menstrual discharge. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Months
1. month [n] - See also: month
Lexicographical Neighbors of Months
Literary usage of Months
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Annual Report by Chicago (Ill.). Board of Education (1901)
"The average age of the 27 who graduated at the Calumet High in June was, when
they entered in September, 1896, 14 years and 10 months, while the average age ..."
2. Bulletin by United States (1918)
"INSTRUCTION MUST EXTEND OVER NOT UESS THAN NINE months PER YEAR. ... Nine months
is a minimum; more than that may of course be given by any school. ..."
3. The Novels of Jane Austen by Jane Austen (1892)
"I have now been here nearly five months ; and, moreover, the quietest five months
I ever passed." " I should huve thought so theoretically myself, ..."
4. The woman in white by Wilkie Collins (1871)
"do, on the threshold cf a new life—of persons and events, of chances and changes,
during the past six months—the long, weary, empty interval since Laura's ..."
5. The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon, Henry Hart Milman (1899)
"... who, in his life and character, bore some affinity with Aurelian. Ihe throne
was vacant during twelve months, till the election of a ..."
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