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单词 couvade
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couvade

noun

cou·​vade kü-ˈväd How to pronounce couvade (audio)
: a custom in some cultures in which when a child is born the father takes to bed as if bearing the child and submits himself to fasting, purification, or taboos

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web Brennan thinks hormonal study could be the most fruitful research area for trying to explain couvade. Ariel Ramchandani, The Atlantic, 3 June 2021

Word History

Etymology

French, from Middle French, cowardly inactivity, from cover to sit on, brood over — more at covey

First Known Use

1865, in the meaning defined above

Medical Definition

couvade

noun

cou·​vade kü-ˈväd How to pronounce couvade (audio)
1
: a custom in some cultures in which when a child is born the father takes to bed as if bearing the child and submits himself to fasting, purification, or taboos
2
: couvade syndrome
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