Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Of, characteristic of, or natural to a woman. See Synonyms at female.
- adj. Resembling, imitative of, or suggestive of a woman.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Pertaining to, characteristic of, or suitable for women; feminine; effeminate: often used in a disparaging or reproachful sense when said of men: as, womanish ways; a womanish, voice; womanish fears.
- Synonyms Female, Effeminate, etc. See feminine.
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. Suitable to a woman, having the qualities of a woman; effeminate; not becoming a man; -- usually in a reproachful sense. See the Note under effeminate.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. having characteristics associated with women and considered undesirable in men
Etymologies
- From woman + -ish. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“But it gets better: “His movements have been described as womanish — a dainty ladylike way of walking when not assuming a military carriage in public, effeminate gestures of his arms — a peculiar graceless ineptitude reminiscent of of a girl throwing a baseball.””
The Telltale Sign of a Despotic Maniac? Apparently, Femininity. : Edward Champion’s Reluctant Habits
“Well, there is something effeminate a about that, something womanish, that is just what I would expect," the German said to the Montreal lawyer.”
The Prose and Poetry, Reality and Spirit of Canadian Imperial Service
“She seldom schemed, but when she did scheme, her plans showed rather the comprehensive strategy of a general than the small arts called womanish, though she could utter oracles of Delphian ambiguity when she did not choose to be direct.”
“And to aggravate this judgment, to put an edge upon this misery, it is added in the next words, that women shall come and set them on fire: that is, a womanish and effeminate generation of men (for such were the Babylonians) shall triumph over them.”
“We believe that no act so thoroughly womanish, that is, moving under a blind impulse without a thought of consequences, without a concerted succession of steps, and no”
“In other words, the men who rule are being called womanish, or childish.”
“here is a direct quote from the text his movements have been described as womanish - a dainty ladylike way of walking when not assuming a military carraige in public, EFFEMINATE gesture of his arms — a peculiar gracelessness ineptitude reminiscent of a girl throwing a baseball a long time ago i said the parallels were striking, and there were so many.”
“Cassius gripes that Rome has become "womanish" and mocks Caesar for resembling "a sick girl.”
The Washington Post: Theater review: Taffety Punk's all-female 'Julius Caesar'
“The epithet "womanish" could not therefore have had among the Egyptians of his day a derogatory Men's-State signification.”
“In exceptional cases a reviewer perhaps exclaims upon certain faults as "womanish"; but the cry is too hasty; the faults are those of individuals, in either sex.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘womanish’.
-
Words ending with sh
wash, zanyish, youngish, yokelish, yellowish, wormish, woosh, womanish, wolfish, wispish, wish, winish and 42 more...
-
Adjectival Arcana
A roster of adjectives that infrequently surface in typical conversation and writing. Many are dredged from scientific or other technical jargon or sieved from examples of disused archaic forms.
unitegmic, acaulescent, reticuloendothelial, ingressive, uniate, acanthopterygian, ossific, epiphysial, perivisceral, acœlomatous, cestoid, acælomate and 7756 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for womanish.
Comments
No comments yet...
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.