What is the wife of a henpecked husband called?
henpecked [hen-pekt]
adjective
1. browbeaten, bullied, or intimidated by one's wife, girlfriend, etc.:
a henpecked husband who never dared to contradict his wife.
What is the wife of a henpecked husband called? (in regards to her browbeating/bullying, her husband)
It might not be henpecker since henpecked seems to have the etymology of "pecked by the hen"
Sample sentence:
That woman is a henpecker.
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henpecked [hen-pekt]
adjective
1. browbeaten, bullied, or intimidated by one's wife, girlfriend, etc.:
a henpecked husband who never dared to contradict his wife.
What is the wife of a henpecked husband called? (in regards to her browbeating/bullying, her husband)
It might not be henpecker since henpecked seems to have the etymology of "pecked by the hen"
Sample sentence:
That woman is a henpecker.
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She who rules the roost?
– TRomano
4 hours ago
2
Would a 'henpecker' not be a pecker of hens ? The one doing the pecking of the henpecked is just a hen.
– Nigel J
4 hours ago
@NigelJ or a Rooster (the husband is the hen) :-)
– hazoriz
4 hours ago
1
Is a single word necessary? 'henpecked husband' has two after all.
– Mitch
4 hours ago
@Mitch not necessary
– hazoriz
4 hours ago
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henpecked [hen-pekt]
adjective
1. browbeaten, bullied, or intimidated by one's wife, girlfriend, etc.:
a henpecked husband who never dared to contradict his wife.
What is the wife of a henpecked husband called? (in regards to her browbeating/bullying, her husband)
It might not be henpecker since henpecked seems to have the etymology of "pecked by the hen"
Sample sentence:
That woman is a henpecker.
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henpecked [hen-pekt]
adjective
1. browbeaten, bullied, or intimidated by one's wife, girlfriend, etc.:
a henpecked husband who never dared to contradict his wife.
What is the wife of a henpecked husband called? (in regards to her browbeating/bullying, her husband)
It might not be henpecker since henpecked seems to have the etymology of "pecked by the hen"
Sample sentence:
That woman is a henpecker.
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She who rules the roost?
– TRomano
4 hours ago
2
Would a 'henpecker' not be a pecker of hens ? The one doing the pecking of the henpecked is just a hen.
– Nigel J
4 hours ago
@NigelJ or a Rooster (the husband is the hen) :-)
– hazoriz
4 hours ago
1
Is a single word necessary? 'henpecked husband' has two after all.
– Mitch
4 hours ago
@Mitch not necessary
– hazoriz
4 hours ago
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She who rules the roost?
– TRomano
4 hours ago
2
Would a 'henpecker' not be a pecker of hens ? The one doing the pecking of the henpecked is just a hen.
– Nigel J
4 hours ago
@NigelJ or a Rooster (the husband is the hen) :-)
– hazoriz
4 hours ago
1
Is a single word necessary? 'henpecked husband' has two after all.
– Mitch
4 hours ago
@Mitch not necessary
– hazoriz
4 hours ago
She who rules the roost?
– TRomano
4 hours ago
She who rules the roost?
– TRomano
4 hours ago
2
2
Would a 'henpecker' not be a pecker of hens ? The one doing the pecking of the henpecked is just a hen.
– Nigel J
4 hours ago
Would a 'henpecker' not be a pecker of hens ? The one doing the pecking of the henpecked is just a hen.
– Nigel J
4 hours ago
@NigelJ or a Rooster (the husband is the hen) :-)
– hazoriz
4 hours ago
@NigelJ or a Rooster (the husband is the hen) :-)
– hazoriz
4 hours ago
1
1
Is a single word necessary? 'henpecked husband' has two after all.
– Mitch
4 hours ago
Is a single word necessary? 'henpecked husband' has two after all.
– Mitch
4 hours ago
@Mitch not necessary
– hazoriz
4 hours ago
@Mitch not necessary
– hazoriz
4 hours ago
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You might go with a word that was well-understood in the Shakespearean era:
shrew
2: an ill-tempered scolding woman
definition from m-w.com
Thus the henpecked husband could say "I didn't realize it at the time but I soon discovered that I'd married a real shrew."
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The verb henpeck means:
[Merriam-Webster]
: to subject (one's spouse or partner) to persistent nagging and domination
So, if you're looking for a common word (and a noun), you would simply say, "That woman is a nag":
[Merriam-Webster]
noun
: one who nags habitually
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Yes, henpecker is a word, feel free to use it.
One who henpecks or nags.
From Wiktionary.
And from Definition Of,
A nagging wife
Recognised word from Glosbe and WordHippo.
See this Yahoo Answers thread for further information.
2
Not the most authoritative references, I think. And the last references is for 'hen-picker'.
– Nigel J
4 hours ago
I said it was for further information, I didn't specify anything else (they are corrected in the thread anyway). And there's no board of people who decide what is and not a word. Adding prefixes/suffixes is fine.
– Lordology
4 hours ago
Where is your first quoted definition from?
– Spagirl
4 hours ago
1
@AzorAhai Fixed.
– Lordology
1 hour ago
1
@Lordology Thanks!
– Azor Ahai
1 hour ago
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You can have your pick, I like harridan. But look at the synonym list, it's hysterical.
har·ri·dan
[ˈherəd(ə)n]
NOUN
a strict, bossy, or belligerent old woman. "a bullying old harridan"
synonyms: shrew · virago · harpy · termagant · vixen · nag · hag · crone · dragon · ogress fishwife · hellcat · she-devil · fury · gorgon · martinet · tartar · spitfire · old bag · old bat
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Grey mare is an older phrase used to refer to a woman who has the final say in a marriage. Here's an excerpt from the Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898) explaining the term:
The Grey Mare is the better horse. The woman is paramount. It is said that a man wished to buy a horse, but his wife took a fancy to a grey mare, and so pertinaciously insisted that the grey mare was the better horse, that the man was obliged to yield the point.
The phrase sometimes appears outside of the saying, as in this translation of Martial's epigram 560 (book X, epigram LXIX), which describes a wife with excessive control over her husband as a grey mare:
You have the husband's latch-key, he has none;
You are the grey mare, Polla, when all's done.
This passage in Latin literally describes putting a husband in the place of a wife (translation in italics):
Custodes das, Polla, viro, non accipis ipsa. Polla, you give your husband guards that you don't receive yourself
Hoc est uxorem ducere, Polla, virum. This is making your husband into a wife, Polla.
Just to be clear, I don't approve of the history of sexism behind this term or related ones, but it does provide some interesting linguistic history.
– TaliesinMerlin
3 hours ago
add a comment |
An unambiguous colloquial phrase for this is She Who Must Be Obeyed. It even has a Wikipedia page.
The meaning of the phrase is pretty clear just from the literal words put together, but here's a source:
informal, depreciative
A strong-willed or domineering woman, especially a wife or female partner.
-- Oxford Dictionaries
It may also be shortened to simply SWMBO.
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You might go with a word that was well-understood in the Shakespearean era:
shrew
2: an ill-tempered scolding woman
definition from m-w.com
Thus the henpecked husband could say "I didn't realize it at the time but I soon discovered that I'd married a real shrew."
add a comment |
You might go with a word that was well-understood in the Shakespearean era:
shrew
2: an ill-tempered scolding woman
definition from m-w.com
Thus the henpecked husband could say "I didn't realize it at the time but I soon discovered that I'd married a real shrew."
add a comment |
You might go with a word that was well-understood in the Shakespearean era:
shrew
2: an ill-tempered scolding woman
definition from m-w.com
Thus the henpecked husband could say "I didn't realize it at the time but I soon discovered that I'd married a real shrew."
You might go with a word that was well-understood in the Shakespearean era:
shrew
2: an ill-tempered scolding woman
definition from m-w.com
Thus the henpecked husband could say "I didn't realize it at the time but I soon discovered that I'd married a real shrew."
answered 2 hours ago
HellionHellion
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The verb henpeck means:
[Merriam-Webster]
: to subject (one's spouse or partner) to persistent nagging and domination
So, if you're looking for a common word (and a noun), you would simply say, "That woman is a nag":
[Merriam-Webster]
noun
: one who nags habitually
add a comment |
The verb henpeck means:
[Merriam-Webster]
: to subject (one's spouse or partner) to persistent nagging and domination
So, if you're looking for a common word (and a noun), you would simply say, "That woman is a nag":
[Merriam-Webster]
noun
: one who nags habitually
add a comment |
The verb henpeck means:
[Merriam-Webster]
: to subject (one's spouse or partner) to persistent nagging and domination
So, if you're looking for a common word (and a noun), you would simply say, "That woman is a nag":
[Merriam-Webster]
noun
: one who nags habitually
The verb henpeck means:
[Merriam-Webster]
: to subject (one's spouse or partner) to persistent nagging and domination
So, if you're looking for a common word (and a noun), you would simply say, "That woman is a nag":
[Merriam-Webster]
noun
: one who nags habitually
answered 4 hours ago
Jason BassfordJason Bassford
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Yes, henpecker is a word, feel free to use it.
One who henpecks or nags.
From Wiktionary.
And from Definition Of,
A nagging wife
Recognised word from Glosbe and WordHippo.
See this Yahoo Answers thread for further information.
2
Not the most authoritative references, I think. And the last references is for 'hen-picker'.
– Nigel J
4 hours ago
I said it was for further information, I didn't specify anything else (they are corrected in the thread anyway). And there's no board of people who decide what is and not a word. Adding prefixes/suffixes is fine.
– Lordology
4 hours ago
Where is your first quoted definition from?
– Spagirl
4 hours ago
1
@AzorAhai Fixed.
– Lordology
1 hour ago
1
@Lordology Thanks!
– Azor Ahai
1 hour ago
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Yes, henpecker is a word, feel free to use it.
One who henpecks or nags.
From Wiktionary.
And from Definition Of,
A nagging wife
Recognised word from Glosbe and WordHippo.
See this Yahoo Answers thread for further information.
2
Not the most authoritative references, I think. And the last references is for 'hen-picker'.
– Nigel J
4 hours ago
I said it was for further information, I didn't specify anything else (they are corrected in the thread anyway). And there's no board of people who decide what is and not a word. Adding prefixes/suffixes is fine.
– Lordology
4 hours ago
Where is your first quoted definition from?
– Spagirl
4 hours ago
1
@AzorAhai Fixed.
– Lordology
1 hour ago
1
@Lordology Thanks!
– Azor Ahai
1 hour ago
|
show 4 more comments
Yes, henpecker is a word, feel free to use it.
One who henpecks or nags.
From Wiktionary.
And from Definition Of,
A nagging wife
Recognised word from Glosbe and WordHippo.
See this Yahoo Answers thread for further information.
Yes, henpecker is a word, feel free to use it.
One who henpecks or nags.
From Wiktionary.
And from Definition Of,
A nagging wife
Recognised word from Glosbe and WordHippo.
See this Yahoo Answers thread for further information.
edited 1 hour ago
answered 4 hours ago
LordologyLordology
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Not the most authoritative references, I think. And the last references is for 'hen-picker'.
– Nigel J
4 hours ago
I said it was for further information, I didn't specify anything else (they are corrected in the thread anyway). And there's no board of people who decide what is and not a word. Adding prefixes/suffixes is fine.
– Lordology
4 hours ago
Where is your first quoted definition from?
– Spagirl
4 hours ago
1
@AzorAhai Fixed.
– Lordology
1 hour ago
1
@Lordology Thanks!
– Azor Ahai
1 hour ago
|
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2
Not the most authoritative references, I think. And the last references is for 'hen-picker'.
– Nigel J
4 hours ago
I said it was for further information, I didn't specify anything else (they are corrected in the thread anyway). And there's no board of people who decide what is and not a word. Adding prefixes/suffixes is fine.
– Lordology
4 hours ago
Where is your first quoted definition from?
– Spagirl
4 hours ago
1
@AzorAhai Fixed.
– Lordology
1 hour ago
1
@Lordology Thanks!
– Azor Ahai
1 hour ago
2
2
Not the most authoritative references, I think. And the last references is for 'hen-picker'.
– Nigel J
4 hours ago
Not the most authoritative references, I think. And the last references is for 'hen-picker'.
– Nigel J
4 hours ago
I said it was for further information, I didn't specify anything else (they are corrected in the thread anyway). And there's no board of people who decide what is and not a word. Adding prefixes/suffixes is fine.
– Lordology
4 hours ago
I said it was for further information, I didn't specify anything else (they are corrected in the thread anyway). And there's no board of people who decide what is and not a word. Adding prefixes/suffixes is fine.
– Lordology
4 hours ago
Where is your first quoted definition from?
– Spagirl
4 hours ago
Where is your first quoted definition from?
– Spagirl
4 hours ago
1
1
@AzorAhai Fixed.
– Lordology
1 hour ago
@AzorAhai Fixed.
– Lordology
1 hour ago
1
1
@Lordology Thanks!
– Azor Ahai
1 hour ago
@Lordology Thanks!
– Azor Ahai
1 hour ago
|
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You can have your pick, I like harridan. But look at the synonym list, it's hysterical.
har·ri·dan
[ˈherəd(ə)n]
NOUN
a strict, bossy, or belligerent old woman. "a bullying old harridan"
synonyms: shrew · virago · harpy · termagant · vixen · nag · hag · crone · dragon · ogress fishwife · hellcat · she-devil · fury · gorgon · martinet · tartar · spitfire · old bag · old bat
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You can have your pick, I like harridan. But look at the synonym list, it's hysterical.
har·ri·dan
[ˈherəd(ə)n]
NOUN
a strict, bossy, or belligerent old woman. "a bullying old harridan"
synonyms: shrew · virago · harpy · termagant · vixen · nag · hag · crone · dragon · ogress fishwife · hellcat · she-devil · fury · gorgon · martinet · tartar · spitfire · old bag · old bat
add a comment |
You can have your pick, I like harridan. But look at the synonym list, it's hysterical.
har·ri·dan
[ˈherəd(ə)n]
NOUN
a strict, bossy, or belligerent old woman. "a bullying old harridan"
synonyms: shrew · virago · harpy · termagant · vixen · nag · hag · crone · dragon · ogress fishwife · hellcat · she-devil · fury · gorgon · martinet · tartar · spitfire · old bag · old bat
You can have your pick, I like harridan. But look at the synonym list, it's hysterical.
har·ri·dan
[ˈherəd(ə)n]
NOUN
a strict, bossy, or belligerent old woman. "a bullying old harridan"
synonyms: shrew · virago · harpy · termagant · vixen · nag · hag · crone · dragon · ogress fishwife · hellcat · she-devil · fury · gorgon · martinet · tartar · spitfire · old bag · old bat
answered 1 hour ago
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Grey mare is an older phrase used to refer to a woman who has the final say in a marriage. Here's an excerpt from the Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898) explaining the term:
The Grey Mare is the better horse. The woman is paramount. It is said that a man wished to buy a horse, but his wife took a fancy to a grey mare, and so pertinaciously insisted that the grey mare was the better horse, that the man was obliged to yield the point.
The phrase sometimes appears outside of the saying, as in this translation of Martial's epigram 560 (book X, epigram LXIX), which describes a wife with excessive control over her husband as a grey mare:
You have the husband's latch-key, he has none;
You are the grey mare, Polla, when all's done.
This passage in Latin literally describes putting a husband in the place of a wife (translation in italics):
Custodes das, Polla, viro, non accipis ipsa. Polla, you give your husband guards that you don't receive yourself
Hoc est uxorem ducere, Polla, virum. This is making your husband into a wife, Polla.
Just to be clear, I don't approve of the history of sexism behind this term or related ones, but it does provide some interesting linguistic history.
– TaliesinMerlin
3 hours ago
add a comment |
Grey mare is an older phrase used to refer to a woman who has the final say in a marriage. Here's an excerpt from the Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898) explaining the term:
The Grey Mare is the better horse. The woman is paramount. It is said that a man wished to buy a horse, but his wife took a fancy to a grey mare, and so pertinaciously insisted that the grey mare was the better horse, that the man was obliged to yield the point.
The phrase sometimes appears outside of the saying, as in this translation of Martial's epigram 560 (book X, epigram LXIX), which describes a wife with excessive control over her husband as a grey mare:
You have the husband's latch-key, he has none;
You are the grey mare, Polla, when all's done.
This passage in Latin literally describes putting a husband in the place of a wife (translation in italics):
Custodes das, Polla, viro, non accipis ipsa. Polla, you give your husband guards that you don't receive yourself
Hoc est uxorem ducere, Polla, virum. This is making your husband into a wife, Polla.
Just to be clear, I don't approve of the history of sexism behind this term or related ones, but it does provide some interesting linguistic history.
– TaliesinMerlin
3 hours ago
add a comment |
Grey mare is an older phrase used to refer to a woman who has the final say in a marriage. Here's an excerpt from the Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898) explaining the term:
The Grey Mare is the better horse. The woman is paramount. It is said that a man wished to buy a horse, but his wife took a fancy to a grey mare, and so pertinaciously insisted that the grey mare was the better horse, that the man was obliged to yield the point.
The phrase sometimes appears outside of the saying, as in this translation of Martial's epigram 560 (book X, epigram LXIX), which describes a wife with excessive control over her husband as a grey mare:
You have the husband's latch-key, he has none;
You are the grey mare, Polla, when all's done.
This passage in Latin literally describes putting a husband in the place of a wife (translation in italics):
Custodes das, Polla, viro, non accipis ipsa. Polla, you give your husband guards that you don't receive yourself
Hoc est uxorem ducere, Polla, virum. This is making your husband into a wife, Polla.
Grey mare is an older phrase used to refer to a woman who has the final say in a marriage. Here's an excerpt from the Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898) explaining the term:
The Grey Mare is the better horse. The woman is paramount. It is said that a man wished to buy a horse, but his wife took a fancy to a grey mare, and so pertinaciously insisted that the grey mare was the better horse, that the man was obliged to yield the point.
The phrase sometimes appears outside of the saying, as in this translation of Martial's epigram 560 (book X, epigram LXIX), which describes a wife with excessive control over her husband as a grey mare:
You have the husband's latch-key, he has none;
You are the grey mare, Polla, when all's done.
This passage in Latin literally describes putting a husband in the place of a wife (translation in italics):
Custodes das, Polla, viro, non accipis ipsa. Polla, you give your husband guards that you don't receive yourself
Hoc est uxorem ducere, Polla, virum. This is making your husband into a wife, Polla.
answered 3 hours ago
TaliesinMerlinTaliesinMerlin
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Just to be clear, I don't approve of the history of sexism behind this term or related ones, but it does provide some interesting linguistic history.
– TaliesinMerlin
3 hours ago
add a comment |
Just to be clear, I don't approve of the history of sexism behind this term or related ones, but it does provide some interesting linguistic history.
– TaliesinMerlin
3 hours ago
Just to be clear, I don't approve of the history of sexism behind this term or related ones, but it does provide some interesting linguistic history.
– TaliesinMerlin
3 hours ago
Just to be clear, I don't approve of the history of sexism behind this term or related ones, but it does provide some interesting linguistic history.
– TaliesinMerlin
3 hours ago
add a comment |
An unambiguous colloquial phrase for this is She Who Must Be Obeyed. It even has a Wikipedia page.
The meaning of the phrase is pretty clear just from the literal words put together, but here's a source:
informal, depreciative
A strong-willed or domineering woman, especially a wife or female partner.
-- Oxford Dictionaries
It may also be shortened to simply SWMBO.
add a comment |
An unambiguous colloquial phrase for this is She Who Must Be Obeyed. It even has a Wikipedia page.
The meaning of the phrase is pretty clear just from the literal words put together, but here's a source:
informal, depreciative
A strong-willed or domineering woman, especially a wife or female partner.
-- Oxford Dictionaries
It may also be shortened to simply SWMBO.
add a comment |
An unambiguous colloquial phrase for this is She Who Must Be Obeyed. It even has a Wikipedia page.
The meaning of the phrase is pretty clear just from the literal words put together, but here's a source:
informal, depreciative
A strong-willed or domineering woman, especially a wife or female partner.
-- Oxford Dictionaries
It may also be shortened to simply SWMBO.
An unambiguous colloquial phrase for this is She Who Must Be Obeyed. It even has a Wikipedia page.
The meaning of the phrase is pretty clear just from the literal words put together, but here's a source:
informal, depreciative
A strong-willed or domineering woman, especially a wife or female partner.
-- Oxford Dictionaries
It may also be shortened to simply SWMBO.
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Rand al'ThorRand al'Thor
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She who rules the roost?
– TRomano
4 hours ago
2
Would a 'henpecker' not be a pecker of hens ? The one doing the pecking of the henpecked is just a hen.
– Nigel J
4 hours ago
@NigelJ or a Rooster (the husband is the hen) :-)
– hazoriz
4 hours ago
1
Is a single word necessary? 'henpecked husband' has two after all.
– Mitch
4 hours ago
@Mitch not necessary
– hazoriz
4 hours ago