释义 |
womanity humorous.|wʊˈmænɪtɪ| [f. woman n. + -ity, after humanity.] The normal disposition or character of womankind.
1843Mrs. Browning Lett. R. H. Horne (1877) I. xviii. 81, I will be secret beyond womanity, if you are frank beyond discretion. 1868Helps Realmah i. vi. 115 Mrs. Milverton and Lady Ellesmere are very like ordinary women. Womanity is strong in them. 1892M. C. Salaman Woman 6 Each fresh experience of love..increases one's knowledge of ‘Womanity’—if I may be allowed the term. 1896Daily Tel. 4 Mar. 7/3 What will it profit a woman to gain an Oxford degree and lose her womanity? |