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womanliness|ˈwʊmənlɪnɪs|
[f. womanly a. + -ness.]
The quality of being womanly; womanly character; † effeminateness.
1538Elyot Dict., Mollicies, et mollicia,..womanlynesse. 1549Coverdale, etc. Erasm. Par. 1 Pet. iii. 1–6 The entier vpryghtnes, godlynes, womanlynes,.. and sufferaunce of the wyfe. 1596Dalrymple tr. Leslie's Hist. Scot. iv. (S.T.S.) I. 214 Throuch the negligence of King Constantine, and his womanlines. 1647Hexham i, Womanlienesse, vrouwachtigheydt. 1864Reader 30 Apr. 564/2 The Portia of Mrs. Vezin is endued with the grace and womanliness that characterize all her performances. 1876J. Parker Paracl. i. xvi. 259 The womanliness of the Divine nature, its infinite grace and pathos. 1881G. Meredith Trag. Com. I. vii. 146 The choicest women are those who yield not a feather of their womanliness for some amount of manlike strength. |