First Known Use: 1865
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couvade
noun cou·vade \kü-ˈväd\
Definition of COUVADE
: 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
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Origin of COUVADE
French, from Middle French, cowardly inactivity, from cover to sit on, brood over — more at covey
Rhymes with COUVADE
Akkad, Arad, Ashdod, aubade, ballade, Belgrade, bipod, black cod, Black Rod, Cape Cod, croustade, death squad, dry-shod, ephod, facade, fantod, fly rod, glissade, hot-rod, jihad, lingcod, Nimrod, oeillade, peasecod, pomade, ramrod, Riyadh, roughshod, roulade, saccade, scalade, seedpod, slipshod, sun god, synod, tie-rod, tightwad, tomcod, torsade, tripod, unshod, vice squad
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couvade
noun cou·vade \kü-ˈväd\
Medical Definition of COUVADE
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: 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
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