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muliebrity rare.|mjuːlɪˈɛbrɪtɪ| [ad. L. muliebrit-ās, f. muliebris: see muliebral.] Womanhood: the characteristics or qualities of a woman.
1592? Kyd Soliman & Pers. iv. ii, The Ladies of Rhodes haue made their petition to Cupid to plague you aboue all..other, as one preiuditiall to their muliebritie. a1693Urquhart's Rabelais iii. xxxii. 270 Individual Womanishness or Muliebrity. 1858O. W. Holmes Aut. Breakf.-t. ix, The second of the ravishing voices..had so much woman in it,—muliebrity, as well as femineity. 1888B. Harte Phyllis of Sierras ii. i. 169 This tall..woman..possessed a refined muliebrity superior to mere liberality of contour. 1911H. G. Wells New Machiavelli ii. ii. 206 She was one of those women who are wanting in—what is the word?—muliebrity. |