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单词 womanish
释义 wom·an·ish
\ˈwu̇mənish sometimes especially in the South ˈwōm- or ˈwəm-\ adjective
Etymology: Middle English, from woman (I) + -ish
1. archaic : of or belonging to women : done by women
 < womanish work >
2. : characteristic of a woman : suitable to or resembling a woman : feminine
 < love her for the sake of her gentle and womanish ways — A.W.Kinglake >
 < nothing womanish in the room except a full-length mirror — Raymond Chandler >
3. : unsuitable to a man or to a strong character of either sex : not strong or virile
 < hence, womanish fears, traitors to love and duty — S.T.Coleridge >
 < disdaining all the womanish peace talk about them — James Cameron >
 < womanly, yet quite unlike the womanish women — George Meredith >
Synonyms: see female
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