henpeck /ˈhɛnpɛk/verb 2noun 1forms 3 verb2 •To nag persistently.But—Oh! ye lords of ladies intellectual, Inform us truly, have they not hen-peck'd you all? — 1819 •To peck or peck at another bird. noun1 •(rare) A man who is meekly subservient to his wife.One can't swear that Dewan Bahadur Yama Dharma Rao was a henpeck ; nor could be said that the practical Lady was a cockpeck. — 1953 formshenpecked · henpecking · henpecks
