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womanish

[ woom-uh-nish ]

adjective

  1. womanlike or feminine.
  2. weakly feminine; effeminate.


womanish

/ ˈʊəɪʃ /

adjective

  1. having qualities or characteristics regarded as unsuitable to a strong character of either sex, esp a man
  2. characteristic of or suitable for a woman
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Derived Forms

  • ˈɴdzԾ, adverb
  • ˈɴdzԾԱ, noun
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Other Word Forms

  • ɴdza·· adverb
  • ɴdza··Ա noun
  • ܲ·ɴdza· adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of womanish1

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English; woman, -ish 1
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Synonym Study

See womanly.
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This proposed title and its variations were to her mind, "cheesy, little womanish, cute, amateurish."

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Two grisly drawings here depict a later episode of the Horatii story: a brother murders a sister to punish her womanish grief.

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With a womanish gesture he lifted a lock of silver hair from his forehead and smoothed it back on his head.

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“A small man—dark—with a womanish voice,” said Poirot thoughtfully.

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He was a northerner, with black curls that verged on womanish, an effect he tempered with his carefully tended beard.

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