| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Adjective | 1. Being henpecked.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Past Tense | 1. Seldom used past tense conjugation of the verb hen-peck.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Base (hen-peck) | 1. Bother persistently with trivial complaints.[Wordnet]. 2. Seldom used base verb from the following inflections: hen-pecking, hen-pecked, hen-pecks, hen-pecker, hen-peckers, hen-peckingly and hen-peckedly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Sources: compiled from various sources, (under license) copyright 2008. | Top | |
Date "HEN-PECKED" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1811. (references) |
Specialty Definition: HEN-PECKED
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Literature | Hen-pecked A man who submits to be snubbed by his wife. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | Top | ||
