petticoat government
/ˈpɛtɪkəʊtˌɡʌvnm(ə)nt/Usually depreciative
noun
Rule by, or undue predominance or influence of women in domestic, political, or public life.
Origin
Late 17th century; earliest use found in Edward Ward (1667–1731), satirist. From petticoat + government.
- infelicitously
- infelicity
- infer
- inferable
- inference
- inferential
- inferentially
- inferior
- inferior conjunction
- inferiority
- inferiority complex
- inferiorly
- inferior olivary eminence
- inferior planet
- infernal
- infernally
- inferno
- infertile
- infertility
- infertility clinic
- infertility treatment
- in fess
- infest
- infestation
- infeudation