Found 2 hits - Term: womanishness, Database: *, Strategy: exact
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
womanish \wom"anish\, a.
suitable to a woman, having the qualities of a woman;
effeminate; not becoming a man; -- usually in a reproachful
sense. see the note under effeminate. " thy tears are
womanish." --shak. " womanish entreaties." --macaulay.
1913 webster
a voice not soft, weak, piping, and womanish, but
audible, strong, and manlike. --ascham.
1913 webster -- wom"anishly, adv. -- wom"anishness,
n.
1913 webster
see also:
effeminate wom"anishly wom"anishness
- [2] : WordNet (r) 2.0
womanishness
n : the trait of being effeminate derogatory of a man syn: effeminacy,
effeminateness, sissiness, unmanliness
see also:
effeminacy effeminateness sissiness unmanliness
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