penopause en · NOUN
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pes- Proto-Indo-European *pes-ni-s Proto-Italic *peznis Latin pēnislbor. English penis Proto-Indo-European *meh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *mḗh₁n̥s Proto-Hellenic *méns Ancient Greek μήν (mḗn) French méno- Ancient Greek παύω (paúō) Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Hellenic *-tis Ancient Greek -τῐς (-tĭs) Ancient Greek -σῐς (-sĭs) Ancient Greek παῦσις (paûsis)der. Latin pausabor. French -pause French ménopause English menopause blend English penopause Blend of penis + menopause.
Meanings
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(informal, rare, uncountable) Synonym of andropause.
"Penopause" and Old Age
1989, CRC Handbook of Human Growth and Developmental Biology, volume 2, part A, →ISBN, page 332:The physical symptoms of the penopause are often accompanied by worrying.
2000, Mels van Driel, The Secret Part: A Natural History of the Penis, →ISBN, page 156:[…] whereas the production of offspring came to an end, I have not yet experienced what might be called the penopause.
1986, H. A. R. Barnett, “Presentation of an Institute Finlaison Medal to Mr Henry Arthur Rodney Barnett”, in Journal of the Institute of Actuaries, volume 113, number 1, page 8: