English Explanatory Dictionary

mal mariée

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A young woman with a much older, jealous, and controlling husband, especially as a literary motif in medieval European romances.

Word forms

mal mariée mal mariées

Etymology

Learned borrowing from French mal mariée (“poorly married [woman]”).

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