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noun
- The onset of menstruation; the beginning of the menstrual period. A girl's first period.
- 1973: How old is she? Nine? Ten? The is not far off " a hint of a bosom, poor child. " Patrick O'Brian, HMS Surprise
Etymology: First attested w:1900, 1900, from Menarche (w:1895, 1895), formed from Greek "moon", (on the model of post-classical Latin menorrhagia) + Greek "beginning".
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