Definition of Ménage à trois

1. Noun. Household for three; an arrangement where a married couple and a lover of one of them live together while sharing sexual relations.

Generic synonyms: Family, Home, House, Household, Menage

Definition of Ménage à trois

1. Noun. A household or relationship whereby three people live together as lovers. ¹

2. Noun. A sexual act or experience involving three people; a threesome. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ménage à Trois

myxosporidian
myxothiazol
myxothiazols
myxoviral
myxovirus
myxoviruses
mzee
mzees
mzungu
mzungus
mæander
mæanders
mænad
mænads
ménage à quatre
ménage à trois (current term)
ménages à trois
mésalliance
mésalliances
méthode champenoise
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n'est-ce pas
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n-acetylglucosaminyltransferases
n-acetylhexosaminyltransferases
n-acetyllactosamine synthase
n-acetylmuramoyl-l-alanine amidase
n-acetylneuraminic acid
n-acylamino acid

Literary usage of Ménage à trois

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Dramatic Opinions and Essays with an Apology: Containing as Well a Word on by Bernard Shaw (1907)
"... pensioned her off handsomely when she objected to his putting another woman in her place; and finally set up a menage a trois with Sir William and Lady ..."

2. Theatre Arts by Society of Arts and Crafts, Detroit (1921)
"The prolog sets two men talking about the menage a trois which the wife of one of them threatens to set up. The argument that a woman may hold a love great ..."

3. Explorations of the Highlands of the Brazil: With a Full Account of the Gold by Richard Francis Burton (1869)
"Some travellers make the ant-house a.menage a trois, and the same tale is told of the prairie dog villages. It is not, however, a happy family if it be true ..."

4. The Contemporary Drama of France by Frank Wadleigh Chandler (1920)
"Clotilde, having turned for the moment from her Lafont to a stupid sportsman, wearies of him, and yearns for her former menage a trois. ..."

5. Contemporary French Dramatists: Studies on the Théâtre Libre, Curel, Brieux by Barrett Harper Clark (1915)
"... a protest against the menage a trois and the marriage laws, L'Engren- age against political abuses, Les Bienfaiteurs against indiscriminate charity, ..."

6. Three Plays for Puritans by Bernard Shaw (1906)
"ventional disapproval of her discussions of a menage a trois with Judge Brack. A little experience of popular plays would soon convince these clever ladies ..."

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