womanizev.

Brit.

/ˈwʊmənʌɪz/, U.S.

/ˈwʊməˌnaɪz/

Forms: 1500s– womanize, 1600s– womanise.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: woman n., -ize suffix.

Etymology: < woman n. + -ize suffix. Compare earlier womanish v.With sense 2 compare earlier womanizing n. 2b and probably also womanizer n. (see quot. 1626 and note at that entry).

a. transitive. To make womanish or effeminate; to feminize; to emasculate.

ΘΠ

the world > life > sex and gender > female > effeminacy > [verb (transitive)]

effeminate1531

womanish1561

feminine1583

womanizea1586

hermaphroditize1598

unman1599

woman1611

smock1614

effeminizec1616

evirate1627

disman1628

lady1656

emolliate1802

a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1593) i. f. 23^v This effeminate loue of a woman, doth so womanize [1590 womanish] a man, that (if he yeeld to it) it will..make him..a launder, a distaff-spinner.

1643 S. Torshell Case of Conscience 9 Wee may not now suffer the thoughts of safety elsewhere to womanize our spirits.

1647 R. Stapleton in tr. Juvenal Sixteen Satyrs 19 (margin) The Roman Sardinapali, men womanized.

1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. Womanise, to emasculate; to effeminate; to soften. Proper, but not used.

1782 V. Knox Ess. No. 156. ⁋5 To vitiate their morals, to womanize their spirits.

1853 Ld. Lytton in Lett. Robert 1st Earl Lytton (1906) I. 40 Don't let Italy womanise you.

1880 G. Meredith Tragic Comedians I. vii. 146 Men who have the woman in them without being womanized.

1910 G. K. Chesterton What's Wrong with World iii. x. 216 Even the vaguest or most brutal man has been womanised by being born.

1977 D. Ocaya-Lakidi in A. A. Mazrui Warrior Trad. in Mod. Afr. iii. 162 Men have felt themselves womanised, as women have become men.

2004 B. A. Fennelly Tender Hooks 66 I want to womanize the Bible, rend it, render it homey, homemade.

†b. intransitive. To behave like a woman; to become womanlike. Obsolete.

ΘΠ

the world > life > sex and gender > female > effeminacy > [verb (intransitive)]

womanize1604

effeminate1612

camp1910

ponce1947

to camp it up1957

poove1971

1604 W. Alexander Crœsus iii. ii. sig. F3 From the height of Honour to digresse, To womanize with courtly vaine delights.

1613 G. Wither Abuses Stript ii. iv. sig. S6 Such as can So much degenerate themselues from Man, In tire and gesture both, to womanize.

1736 N. Bailey et al. Dictionarium Britannicum (ed. 2) To womanize, to act like a woman.

1869 Appleton's Jrnl. 31 July 564/1 And now are we womanizing?

2. intransitive. To engage in casual sexual or romantic encounters with women; to philander.

ΘΠ

society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > [verb (intransitive)] > associate with loose woman

whore1547

whore-hunt1597

wench1599

palliardize1619

smock1719

womanize1893

tart1948

1893 J. S. Farmer & W. E. Henley Slang III. 182/1 Goose..to go wenching: to womanize.

1914 C. Mackenzie Sinister St. iii. xii The Bad Men went up to London and womanized.

1957 L. Hanson & E. Hanson Verlaine xviii. 315 In the Pamasse circle it had been consistent with respectability to drink too much, to fool to excess, to womanize.

1973 K. H. Starr Americans & Calif. Dream viii. 261 More than the usual number of demons seemed to possess Jack London. He boozed and womanized frenetically.

1986 Weekend Alton (Illinois) Tel. 16 Aug. a5/2 Edwards is a backsliding former preacher who shoots craps for millions and womanizes openly.

Derivatives

womaniˈzation n. the process of making or becoming more feminine.

ΘΠ

the world > life > sex and gender > female > effeminacy > [noun] > being or becoming effeminate

effeminating1555

effemination?1562

womanizing1775

womanization1906

devirilization1920

1906 F. Swiney Cosmic Procession ii. 75 ‘True civilisation,’ to quote the Rev. Frank Hillis, ‘is nothing more than the womanisation of brave men.’

1954 J. Thurber Let. 15 May (2002) 617 It seemed to me the womanization of the modern theater was complete.

1988 J. B. Nelson Intimate Connection iii. 62 The very possibility that a man would willingly submit to womanization is a symbolic threat to every other man in a patriarchy.

ˈwomanized adj. that has been made feminine or womanly.

ΘΠ

the world > life > sex and gender > female > effeminacy > [adjective]

womanly?c1225

ferbleta1300

effeminatea1393

nicea1393

softc1450

manlessa1529

unmanly1534

cockney1573

effeminated1580

unmanlikea1586

milky1602

enervate1603

womanizing1615

emasculate1622

womanized1624

softly1643

womanlish1647

unmasculine1649

emollid1656

ladylike1656

enervated1660

emasculated1701

petticoated1708

tea-faced1728

effeminized1789

invirile1870

epicene1881

sissyish1889

sissified1898

devirilized1901

cockless1902

camp1909

pansy1929

campy1932

queenly1933

poncy1937

pansyish1941

swishy1941

moffie1954

poofy1956

femme1963

poofed-up1964

minty1965

ponced-up1970

lavender1979

the world > people > person > woman > [adjective] > made womanly

feminized1652

womanized1839

1624 J. Gee Foot out of Snare 62 Fit..to act a womanized Chaerea in Terence his Eunuchus.

1839 C. M. Kirkland New Home xviii. 121 The womanized tone of the proud and happy mother.

1878 M. C. Jackson Chaperon's Cares I. iii. 42 She is a womanized likeness of poor Edward.

1975 Feminist Stud. 3 55 Though Cranford ladies might have hidden reserves of destruction tucked away, a womanized man is permitted to save the community.

2004 Women & Lang. (Nexis) 22 Sept. With a ‘womanized’ rhetoric, Gearhart seeks to facilitate nonviolent communication.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	womanize
释义	womanizev. Brit. /ˈwʊmənʌɪz/, U.S. /ˈwʊməˌnaɪz/ Forms: 1500s– womanize, 1600s– womanise. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: woman n., -ize suffix. Etymology: < woman n. + -ize suffix. Compare earlier womanish v.With sense 2 compare earlier womanizing n. 2b and probably also womanizer n. (see quot. 1626 and note at that entry). 1. a. transitive. To make womanish or effeminate; to feminize; to emasculate. ΘΠ the world > life > sex and gender > female > effeminacy > [verb (transitive)] effeminate1531 womanish1561 feminine1583 womanizea1586 hermaphroditize1598 unman1599 woman1611 smock1614 effeminizec1616 evirate1627 disman1628 lady1656 emolliate1802 a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1593) i. f. 23^v This effeminate loue of a woman, doth so womanize [1590 womanish] a man, that (if he yeeld to it) it will..make him..a launder, a distaff-spinner. 1643 S. Torshell Case of Conscience 9 Wee may not now suffer the thoughts of safety elsewhere to womanize our spirits. 1647 R. Stapleton in tr. Juvenal Sixteen Satyrs 19 (margin) The Roman Sardinapali, men womanized. 1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. Womanise, to emasculate; to effeminate; to soften. Proper, but not used. 1782 V. Knox Ess. No. 156. ⁋5 To vitiate their morals, to womanize their spirits. 1853 Ld. Lytton in Lett. Robert 1st Earl Lytton (1906) I. 40 Don't let Italy womanise you. 1880 G. Meredith Tragic Comedians I. vii. 146 Men who have the woman in them without being womanized. 1910 G. K. Chesterton What's Wrong with World iii. x. 216 Even the vaguest or most brutal man has been womanised by being born. 1977 D. Ocaya-Lakidi in A. A. Mazrui Warrior Trad. in Mod. Afr. iii. 162 Men have felt themselves womanised, as women have become men. 2004 B. A. Fennelly Tender Hooks 66 I want to womanize the Bible, rend it, render it homey, homemade. †b. intransitive. To behave like a woman; to become womanlike. Obsolete. ΘΠ the world > life > sex and gender > female > effeminacy > [verb (intransitive)] womanize1604 effeminate1612 camp1910 ponce1947 to camp it up1957 poove1971 1604 W. Alexander Crœsus iii. ii. sig. F3 From the height of Honour to digresse, To womanize with courtly vaine delights. 1613 G. Wither Abuses Stript ii. iv. sig. S6 Such as can So much degenerate themselues from Man, In tire and gesture both, to womanize. 1736 N. Bailey et al. Dictionarium Britannicum (ed. 2) To womanize, to act like a woman. 1869 Appleton's Jrnl. 31 July 564/1 And now are we womanizing? 2. intransitive. To engage in casual sexual or romantic encounters with women; to philander. ΘΠ society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > [verb (intransitive)] > associate with loose woman whore1547 whore-hunt1597 wench1599 palliardize1619 smock1719 womanize1893 tart1948 1893 J. S. Farmer & W. E. Henley Slang III. 182/1 Goose..to go wenching: to womanize. 1914 C. Mackenzie Sinister St. iii. xii The Bad Men went up to London and womanized. 1957 L. Hanson & E. Hanson Verlaine xviii. 315 In the Pamasse circle it had been consistent with respectability to drink too much, to fool to excess, to womanize. 1973 K. H. Starr Americans & Calif. Dream viii. 261 More than the usual number of demons seemed to possess Jack London. He boozed and womanized frenetically. 1986 Weekend Alton (Illinois) Tel. 16 Aug. a5/2 Edwards is a backsliding former preacher who shoots craps for millions and womanizes openly. Derivatives womaniˈzation n. the process of making or becoming more feminine. ΘΠ the world > life > sex and gender > female > effeminacy > [noun] > being or becoming effeminate effeminating1555 effemination?1562 womanizing1775 womanization1906 devirilization1920 1906 F. Swiney Cosmic Procession ii. 75 ‘True civilisation,’ to quote the Rev. Frank Hillis, ‘is nothing more than the womanisation of brave men.’ 1954 J. Thurber Let. 15 May (2002) 617 It seemed to me the womanization of the modern theater was complete. 1988 J. B. Nelson Intimate Connection iii. 62 The very possibility that a man would willingly submit to womanization is a symbolic threat to every other man in a patriarchy. ˈwomanized adj. that has been made feminine or womanly. ΘΠ the world > life > sex and gender > female > effeminacy > [adjective] womanly?c1225 ferbleta1300 effeminatea1393 nicea1393 softc1450 manlessa1529 unmanly1534 cockney1573 effeminated1580 unmanlikea1586 milky1602 enervate1603 womanizing1615 emasculate1622 womanized1624 softly1643 womanlish1647 unmasculine1649 emollid1656 ladylike1656 enervated1660 emasculated1701 petticoated1708 tea-faced1728 effeminized1789 invirile1870 epicene1881 sissyish1889 sissified1898 devirilized1901 cockless1902 camp1909 pansy1929 campy1932 queenly1933 poncy1937 pansyish1941 swishy1941 moffie1954 poofy1956 femme1963 poofed-up1964 minty1965 ponced-up1970 lavender1979 the world > people > person > woman > [adjective] > made womanly feminized1652 womanized1839 1624 J. Gee Foot out of Snare 62 Fit..to act a womanized Chaerea in Terence his Eunuchus. 1839 C. M. Kirkland New Home xviii. 121 The womanized tone of the proud and happy mother. 1878 M. C. Jackson Chaperon's Cares I. iii. 42 She is a womanized likeness of poor Edward. 1975 Feminist Stud. 3 55 Though Cranford ladies might have hidden reserves of destruction tucked away, a womanized man is permitted to save the community. 2004 Women & Lang. (Nexis) 22 Sept. With a ‘womanized’ rhetoric, Gearhart seeks to facilitate nonviolent communication. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < v.a1586
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