mal mariée

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

mal mariée (plural mal mariées)

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