单词 | womanishly |
释义 | womanishlyadv. Frequently derogatory. In a womanish manner; like a woman. ΘΚΠ the world > people > person > woman > [adverb] womanlyc1325 womanlikec1450 womanishly1556 woman-waysa1568 femalely1796 womanfully1819 femininely1821 women-wise1913 1556 N. Grimald tr. Cicero Thre Bks. Duties i. f. 6v Reason..is hedefull, that it doe nothyng vncomelye, or womannishlye. 1579 T. Twyne tr. Petrarch Phisicke against Fortune ii. lxvi. 242 When as she womanishly lamented that he should die an innocent. 1627 W. Hawkins Apollo Shroving iii. iv. 47 He had not so manly a looke, as my selfe, but simpered somewhat womanishly. 1665 R. Brathwait Comment Two Tales Chaucer 18 For if a poor Parish-Clerk must..have his hair curled, and so womanishly disheveled,..what may we think of those whose Revenues were greater. 1731 G. Jeffreys Merope i. i. 2 Are we sunk so womanishly low, That we can only mourn, and rail, and pray? 1791 S. Dobson tr. Petrarch View Human Life 241 A very rich gentlewoman of Campania womanishly spread forth her fair ornaments before her. a1845 T. O. Davis Life Curran (1846) 69 They had..the same impassionate, womanishly sensitive hearts. 1860 T. Martin tr. Horace Odes i. xxxvii. 65 A woman, yet not womanishly weak. 1911 Times 20 Feb. 10/5 The dancer beguiled his young friend, puckering her mouth womanishly and luring him on to kill the old man. 1947 D. Skvirsky tr. V. Panova Looking Ahead (1950) vi. 115 She laughed heartily, was trusting, generous and womanishly compassionate. 1991 W. Lesser His Other Half vii. 154 If the masculine voice carries the poem, the last line sounds womanishly sentimental by comparison. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adv.1556 |
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