Womanliness
71manhood — / womanhood [n] physical maturity and strength of adult male or female adulthood, coming of age*, fecundity, femininity, fertility, manfulness, manliness, masculinity, mettle, potency, virility, womanliness, womanness; concepts 633,715 Ant.… …
72womanhood — manhood / womanhood [n] physical maturity and strength of adult male or female adulthood, coming of age*, fecundity, femininity, fertility, manfulness, manliness, masculinity, mettle, potency, virility, womanliness, womanness; concepts 633,715… …
73sex — [n1] male or female gender femininity, manhood, manliness, masculinity, sexuality, womanhood, womanliness; concept 648 sex [n2] intercourse between animate beings birds and the bees*, coition, coitus, copulation, facts of life*, fornication,… …
74muliebrile — a. feminine. ♦ muliebrity, n. womanliness; womanhood. ♦ muliebrous, a. effeminate …
75woman — ► NOUN (pl. women) 1) an adult human female. 2) a female worker or employee. 3) a wife or lover. ● the little woman Cf. ↑the little woman ● woman of the streets …
76womanly — woman ► NOUN (pl. women) 1) an adult human female. 2) a female worker or employee. 3) a wife or lover. ● the little woman Cf. ↑the little woman ● woman of the streets …
77muliebrity — [myo͞o΄lē eb′rə tē] n. [LL muliebritas < L muliebris, womanly, womanish < mulier, a woman, prob. < IE * mlyésī, (the) softer (one), compar. of * mḷdu (> L mollis) < base * mel > MILL1] 1. the condition of being a woman;… …
78womanhood — [woom′ənhood΄] n. [ME womanhode: see WOMAN & HOOD] 1. the state or time of being a woman 2. womanly qualities; womanliness 3. women collectively …
79womanly — [woom′ənlē] adj. 1. like a woman; womanish 2. characteristic of or fit for a woman; womanlike adv. Archaic in a womanly manner SYN. FEMALE womanliness n …
80femininity — noun the trait of behaving in ways considered typical for women (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑muliebrity • Ant: ↑masculinity • Derivationally related forms: ↑feminine • Hypernyms: ↑ …
