womanhoodwom‧an‧hood /ˈwʊmənhʊd/ noun [uncountable] - I rejected womanhood, not because I preferred manhood, but because I preferred girlhood.
- I would be-come the living proof of the strength of her womanhood.
- She had grown to womanhood through him.
- The New York Times called it a temple to the spirit of emancipated womanhood.
- This was not an attractive proposition, but my idea of womanhood was hardly preferable.
- When she was maturing into young womanhood Baldersdale was well populated with youngsters of equivalent age - that is to say eligible for Hannah.
nounwomanwomanhoodwomankindwomanizerwomanizingwomanlinessadjectivewomanlywomanishverbwomanize