menopausal
adjEtymology From menopause + -al.
1
Of, or pertaining to the menopause.
2
Of a woman Presently experiencing or having previously experienced menopause.
- And in March last year, 62-year-old Sue Williams scratched eight cars belonging to strangers in her hometown of Sevenoaks, Kent, causing at least £8,000 worth of damage. Last month her lawyer told Medway Magistrates’ Court that Ms Williams had been menopausal at the time.2023 November 29, Charles Hymas, “Menopausal female offenders could be spared jail under new sentencing guidelines”, in The Telegraph:
- Synonyms
- estropausal
- Derived terms
- menopausally, menotropin, nonmenopausal, perimenopausal, postmenopausal, premenopausal, transmenopausal