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Definition of Couvade
1. Noun. A custom among some peoples whereby the husband of a pregnant wife is put to bed at the time of bearing the child.
Definition of Couvade
1. n. A custom, among certain barbarous tribes, that when a woman gives birth to a child her husband takes to his bed, as if ill.
Definition of Couvade
1. Noun. A practice among some peoples, such as the Basques, of the husband of a woman in the last stages of pregnancy taking to bed, avoiding certain foods, or imitating other behaviours of a pregnant woman. ¹
2. Noun. sympathetic pregnancy: the involuntary sympathetic experience of the husband of symptoms of his wife's pregnancy, such as weight gain or morning sickness. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Couvade
1. a primitive birth ritual [n -S]
Medical Definition of Couvade
1. A primitive custom in certain cultures in which a man develops labour pains while his wife is in labour and then submits to the same postpartum purification rites and taboos. Origin: Fr. Couver, to hatch (05 Mar 2000)
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