muliebrityn.

Brit.

/ˌmjuːlɪˈɛbrᵻti/, U.S.

/ˌmjuliˈɛbrədi/

Forms: 1500s–1600s muliebritie, 1600s 1800s– muliebrity.

Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from Latin. Or (ii) a borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin muliebritas ; Latin muliebris , -ity suffix.

Etymology: Either < post-classical Latin muliebritas womanhood, womanliness (early 3rd cent. in Tertullian, unless this is a variant reading for mulieritas , also in an undated gloss; < classical Latin muliebris (see muliebral adj.) + -tās (see -ty suffix¹; compare -ity suffix)), or independently < classical Latin muliebris + -ity suffix. Compare Middle French muliebrité (mid 16th cent.).

Chiefly literary.

The characteristics or qualities of a woman; womanhood, womanliness (opposed to virility). Also: softness, effeminacy.

ΘΚΠ

the world > people > person > woman > [noun] > womanly qualities or characteristics

tendernessa1387

femininityc1405

feminityc1415

womanhoodc1430

womanc1440

womanliness1538

muliebrity?1592

woman1619

feminality1646

femality1702

femineity1741

feminacy1776

feminility1824

womanism1824

feminism1841

womanness1841

feminicity1843

womanity1843

femininitude1878

the eternal feminine1892

marianismo1972

?1592 Trag. Solyman & Perseda sig. G2^v The Ladies of Rhodes..Haue made their petition to Cupid, to plague you aboue all other, As one preiuditiall to their muliebritie.

1693 T. Urquhart & P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais 3rd Bk. Wks. xxxii. 270 Individual Womanishness or Muliebrity.

1858 O. W. Holmes Autocrat of Breakfast-table ix. 251 The second of the ravishing voices..had so much woman in it,—muliebrity, as well as femineity.

1888 B. Harte Phyllis of Sierras ii. i. 169 This tall..woman..possessed a refined muliebrity superior to mere liberality of contour.

1911 H. G. Wells New Machiavelli ii. ii. 206 She was one of those women who are wanting in—what is the word?—muliebrity.

1959 S. B. Meech Design in Chaucer's Troilus i. ii. 25 In presenting the heroine he stresses, not haughtiness, but muliebrity.

1997 Southern Lit. Jrnl. 29 45 Janie's story of personal growth may be charted as one that travels from mules to muliebrity.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	muliebrity
释义	muliebrityn. Brit. /ˌmjuːlɪˈɛbrᵻti/, U.S. /ˌmjuliˈɛbrədi/ Forms: 1500s–1600s muliebritie, 1600s 1800s– muliebrity. Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from Latin. Or (ii) a borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin muliebritas ; Latin muliebris , -ity suffix. Etymology: Either < post-classical Latin muliebritas womanhood, womanliness (early 3rd cent. in Tertullian, unless this is a variant reading for mulieritas , also in an undated gloss; < classical Latin muliebris (see muliebral adj.) + -tās (see -ty suffix¹; compare -ity suffix)), or independently < classical Latin muliebris + -ity suffix. Compare Middle French muliebrité (mid 16th cent.). Chiefly literary. The characteristics or qualities of a woman; womanhood, womanliness (opposed to virility). Also: softness, effeminacy. ΘΚΠ the world > people > person > woman > [noun] > womanly qualities or characteristics tendernessa1387 femininityc1405 feminityc1415 womanhoodc1430 womanc1440 womanliness1538 muliebrity?1592 woman1619 feminality1646 femality1702 femineity1741 feminacy1776 feminility1824 womanism1824 feminism1841 womanness1841 feminicity1843 womanity1843 femininitude1878 the eternal feminine1892 marianismo1972 ?1592 Trag. Solyman & Perseda sig. G2^v The Ladies of Rhodes..Haue made their petition to Cupid, to plague you aboue all other, As one preiuditiall to their muliebritie. 1693 T. Urquhart & P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais 3rd Bk. Wks. xxxii. 270 Individual Womanishness or Muliebrity. 1858 O. W. Holmes Autocrat of Breakfast-table ix. 251 The second of the ravishing voices..had so much woman in it,—muliebrity, as well as femineity. 1888 B. Harte Phyllis of Sierras ii. i. 169 This tall..woman..possessed a refined muliebrity superior to mere liberality of contour. 1911 H. G. Wells New Machiavelli ii. ii. 206 She was one of those women who are wanting in—what is the word?—muliebrity. 1959 S. B. Meech Design in Chaucer's Troilus i. ii. 25 In presenting the heroine he stresses, not haughtiness, but muliebrity. 1997 Southern Lit. Jrnl. 29 45 Janie's story of personal growth may be charted as one that travels from mules to muliebrity. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.?1592
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