couvade
(en)
(noun) 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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couvade
In the couvade, a man feels his wife's pregnancy: a porous border.
referring to a scene in Brief Interviews, when the interviewee asks if the interviewer knows the term
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7 years, 6 months ago
I look back upon my almost couvade-like concern with our baby
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5 years, 2 months ago
Couvade, by extension, refers to a father who, on the birth of a child, [...]
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1 year, 3 months ago