Concubine (noun)
kon-koo-by-n
(in polygamous societies) a woman who lives with a man but has lower status than his wife or wives.
Middle English: from Old French, from Latin concubina, from con- ‘with’ + cubare ‘to lie’.
Example sentences
“It’s almost as though they want women to become the concubines of the rich.”
Wonky (adj) won-kee Not straight or balanced, off kilter. First recorded in 1915–20; perhaps variant of dialectal wanky, equivalent to wank(le) ( Middle English wankel, Old English wancol. (more…)
