Monestrous for Dummies

Sure thing! So, "monestrous" is a word that describes something happening once a year, or only once in the course of a year. It's kind of like a yearly thing or a once-a-year occurrence. So, for example, if we talk about a plant that only blooms once a year, we might say that it's monestrous because it only flowers once in a year.

Another way to think about it is like a birthday. Your birthday is monestrous because it only happens once a year, right? It's not like you have five birthdays in one year, that would be pretty cool though! But no, you celebrate your birthday just once in a year, making it a monestrous event.

So, basically, when something is monestrous, it happens once every year, and it's not something that happens more often than that. It's like a yearly anniversary that only comes around once in the whole year. I hope that makes sense!