| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Verb | 1. To subject to petty authority; -- said of a wife who thus treats her husband. Commonly used in the past participle (often adjectively).[Websters] 2. Base verb from the following inflections: henpecking, henpecked, henpecks, henpecker, henpeckers, henpeckingly and henpeckedly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. | Top | |
Date "HENPECK" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1903. (references) |
| Note: Henpeck \Hen"peck`\, transitive verb. [imperative past participle Henpecked; p. pr. vb. Henpecking.]. (references) |
