womankindn.

Brit.

/ˈwʊmənkʌɪnd/, U.S.

/ˈwʊmənˌkaɪnd/

Forms: see woman n. and kind n.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: woman n., kind n.

Etymology: < woman n. + kind n. In quot. c1175 apparently reflecting a genitive plural compound with unmarked first element (the reflex of the Old English genitive plural wīfmanna ); compare woman n. Compounds 5 and see note below. Compare womankin n., and later womenkind n. Compare also mankind n.No genitive plural compound is attested for Old English; however, compare the following phrase with genitive singular:OE Ælfric Homily (Vitell. C.v) in J. C. Pope Homilies of Ælfric (1967) I. 214 Nu cwædon þa Mann[ichei]..þæt Gode wære unwurð..[þæt he] wurde acenned of wifmannes gecynde.

a. Women considered collectively; the female sex.

ΘΠ

the world > people > person > woman > [noun] > women collectively

wifkinOE

womanOE

womankinc1175

womankindc1175

womenkina1387

womenkinda1387

womanhoodc1405

feminityc1425

femininityc1450

femininec1451

the fair (also gentle, soft, weak, etc.) sex1536

the second sex1536

the woman sex1536

feminie1541

mesdames1552

the fairer (also gentler, softer, weaker, etc.) sex1578

sex1589

ladyhooda1666

fair1687

wimmin1710

womenfolk1729

mesdemoiselles1739

the female of the species1795

femalitiesc1801

ladykind1829

womanity1836

womandom1838

ladydom1843

petticoatery1849

tea-body1865

muslin1884

the skirt1899

quim1909

womyn1975

womxn1991

c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 7912 Maȝȝdennchild iss all unnstrang Affterr wifmanne kinde.

a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1869) II. 317 Pharao..heelde womman kynde ful feble to be rebel.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Fairf. 14) l. 9024 For alle we come of womman kinde.

a1400 Prymer (St. John's Cambr.) (1891) 21 Byseche for the deuowte wommankynde [c1425 Cambr. wommans kynde].

a1475 Bk. Curtasye (Sloane 1986) l. 259 in Babees Bk. (2002) i. 306 Speke neuer vnhonestly of woman kynde.

1535 Bible (Coverdale) Lev. xviii. 22 Thou shalt not lye with mankynde as with womankynde.

a1586 Ballad against Evil Women in W. A. Craigie Maitland Folio MS (1919) I. 391 Þe foule delyte Off womankynd þat dreidis for no schame.

1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene iii. v. sig. Gg8 In gentle Ladies breste, and bounteous race Of woman kind.

1678 A. Behn Sir Patient Fancy iv. i. 49 You may talk of you intrigues and substantiall Pleasures, but if any of you can match mine,—Egad I'le forswear womankind.

1724 E. Haywood Wife to be Lett iv. i. 45 Of all Womankind, your Charms have the least effect on me.

1769 H. Brooke Fool of Quality IV. xvii. 47 In womankind I can love nothing but you.

1823 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto VI xxvii. 14 My wish is..That Womankind had but one rosy mouth, To kiss them all at once from North to South.

1847 Ld. Tennyson Princess vi. 136 The soft and milky rabble of womankind.

1929 Stud. Philol. 26 329 The rational status of woman is not only a matter of justice to womankind but also a desideratum in the welfare of society.

1969 Progress (Clearfield, Pa.) 24 Jan. 4/5 This race-perpetuating chore they are happy enough to leave to womankind.

2007 Esquire Sept. 68/2 So drop me a line with any sexual queries you may harbour..(though I don't pretend to speak on behalf of all womankind).

b. With the or possessive. The women of a particular family, household, or other group; the womenfolk. Cf. woman n. 1b. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > people > person > woman > [noun] > women collectively > of household

womeneOE

womankind1557

womenkind1598

womenfolk1729

1557 R. Edgeworth Serm. very Fruitfull xvii. f. cclxix^v The womankinde vnderstanding them that be fraile.

?1573 L. Lloyd Pilgrimage of Princes f. 8 Agreeing, that the womankinde shoulde passe awaye that night.

a1648 E. Gurnay Toward Vindic. Second Commandment (1661) 49 The uncovering of the head is not in all Nations, and from the Woman-kind [1639 women-kind] in no Nation, esteemed as a doing of honour.

1819 R. Southey Select. from Lett. (1856) III. 518 My womankind join in kind regards.

1850 W. M. Thackeray Pendennis II. xviii. 183 Pen, chafing under the persecution which his womankind inflicted upon him.

1862 W. H. G. Kingston Three Midshipmen viii All the womankind in and out of the house, for a long way round.

1912 H. G. Wells Marriage i. i. 25 His family grouped itself dutifully. It made a charming little picture of a Man and his Womankind.

1947 PMLA 62 223 It is pleasant to note again, in the Scotsman's relation toward his womankind, that same ‘little boy’ attitude glimpsed previously.

†c. In predicative use. Female. Obsolete.

ΘΠ

the world > people > person > woman > [adjective]

femalea1382

womanisha1393

faira1450

women's-kinsc1450

feminatea1533

womankind?c1570

womenkind1571

sex1700

mollyish1801

petticoated1824

femme1925

?c1570–4 Bp. R. Cox Injunctions in 2nd Rep. Commissioners Rubrics, Orders, & Directions Public Worship App. E. 406/2 in Parl. Papers 1867–8 (1868) XXXVIII. 1 Their chyldren and seruauntes both mankinde and womankinde.

1577 J. Aylmer Articles to be enquired Of sig. A4^v Any of his parish..eyther mankind or womankinde.

1614 R. Tailor Hogge hath lost Pearle ii. D 2 b Did I but only know her to be woman kind, I thinke it were sufficient.

1692 A. Oldys Female Gallant 145 She..knew me, as I am; knew me Philandra: knew me to be Womankind.

1879 W. S. Gilbert Gretchen in Orig. Plays (1902–11) II. 155 At once the open volume of her life Lay plain before me, and I read therein, That she was—womankind!

2. As a count noun: a woman or girl. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > people > person > woman > [noun]

wifeeOE

womaneOE

womanOE

queanOE

brideOE

viragoc1000

to wifeOE

burdc1225

ladyc1225

carlinec1375

stotc1386

marec1387

pigsneyc1390

fellowa1393

piecec1400

femalea1425

goddessa1450

fairc1450

womankindc1450

fellowessa1500

femininea1513

tega1529

sister?1532

minikinc1540

wyec1540

placket1547

pig's eye1553

hen?1555

ware1558

pussy?a1560

jade1560

feme1566

gentlewoman1567

mort1567

pinnacea1568

jug1569

rowen1575

tarleather1575

mumps1576

skirt1578

piga1586

rib?1590

puppy1592

smock1592

maness1594

sloy1596

Madonna1602

moll1604

periwinkle1604

Partlet1607

rib of man1609

womanship?1609

modicum1611

Gypsy1612

petticoata1616

runniona1616

birda1627

lucky1629

she-man1640

her1646

lost rib1647

uptails1671

cow1696

tittup1696

cummer17..

wife1702

she-woman1703

person1704

molly1706

fusby1707

goody1708

riding hood1718

birdie1720

faggot1722

piece of goods1727

woman body1771

she-male1776

biddy1785

bitch1785

covess1789

gin1790

pintail1792

buer1807

femme1814

bibi1816

Judy1819

a bit (also bundle) of muslin1823

wifie1823

craft1829

shickster?1834

heifer1835

mot1837

tit1837

Sitt1838

strap1842

hay-bag1851

bint1855

popsy1855

tart1864

woman's woman1868

to deliver the goods1870

chapess1871

Dona1874

girl1878

ladykind1878

mivvy1881

dudess1883

dudette1883

dudine1883

tid1888

totty1890

tootsy1895

floozy1899

dame1902

jane1906

Tom1906

frail1908

bit of stuff1909

quim1909

babe1911

broad1914

muff1914

manhole1916

number1919

rossie1922

bit1923

man's woman1928

scupper1935

split1935

rye mort1936

totsy1938

leg1939

skinny1941

Richard1950

potato1957

scow1960

wimmin1975

womyn1975

womxn1991

c1450 J. Capgrave Life St. Katherine (Arun. 396) (1893) i. l. 899 (MED) A woman-keende neuere ȝet able waas To reule a peple..gret and wyde.

1569 S. Batman tr. O. de la Marche Trauayled Pylgrime sig. B.ii She, Eua, hight, a woman kinde, when he awakte hir sawe.

1637 T. Brian Pisse-prophet viii. 70 (You bringing us your Pisse) we must tell you..if it be the water of a woman-kinde, whether it be a married womans or a Maidens.

a1685 Warn. Married Women xxviii, in F. J. Child Eng. & Sc. Pop. Ballads (1892) IV. viii. 363/2 Since that time the woman-kind Was never seen no more.

1711 Acts & Laws Mass. (1724) 270 Whosoever shall be convicted of Assaulting..any Woman or Woman-kind.

1730 E. Thomas Metamorphosis of Town 22 The Hair, of one is tied behind, And platted, like a Womankind.

1816 W. Scott Antiquary I. ix. 188 ‘Where's the younger womankind?’..‘Indeed, brother,..Maria,..set away to the Halket-craig head—I wonder ye didna see her.’

1858 E. J. Trelawny Rec. Shelley, Byron xviii. 195 ‘Women, you should say,’ exclaimed Byron. ‘If we had a womankind on board, she would set us all at loggerheads.’

1950 S. L. Bensusan Late Harvest xxv. 132 ‘I carried it to the corner of the lane while you were in the house,’ explained the womankind.

†3. Womanly nature; womanhood. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > people > person > woman > [noun] > fact or state of being

womanheadc1390

womanhooda1413

womanishness1545

womankind1549

womenhead1555

womanship1608

feminineness1810

femininism1824

feminity1854

femininity1856

femininitude1878

1549 M. Coverdale et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. II. 1 Pet. iii. f. viii^v Let your wisdome succour the frailtie of their womankynde.

1883 W. C. Smith North Country Folk 71 Broken in faith and heart and mind, Yet no one knew it but only he, For she was true to her womankind, And no one felt it, but only she.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	womankind
释义	womankindn. Brit. /ˈwʊmənkʌɪnd/, U.S. /ˈwʊmənˌkaɪnd/ Forms: see woman n. and kind n. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: woman n., kind n. Etymology: < woman n. + kind n. In quot. c1175 apparently reflecting a genitive plural compound with unmarked first element (the reflex of the Old English genitive plural wīfmanna ); compare woman n. Compounds 5 and see note below. Compare womankin n., and later womenkind n. Compare also mankind n.No genitive plural compound is attested for Old English; however, compare the following phrase with genitive singular:OE Ælfric Homily (Vitell. C.v) in J. C. Pope Homilies of Ælfric (1967) I. 214 Nu cwædon þa Mann[ichei]..þæt Gode wære unwurð..[þæt he] wurde acenned of wifmannes gecynde. 1. a. Women considered collectively; the female sex. ΘΠ the world > people > person > woman > [noun] > women collectively wifkinOE womanOE womankinc1175 womankindc1175 womenkina1387 womenkinda1387 womanhoodc1405 feminityc1425 femininityc1450 femininec1451 the fair (also gentle, soft, weak, etc.) sex1536 the second sex1536 the woman sex1536 feminie1541 mesdames1552 the fairer (also gentler, softer, weaker, etc.) sex1578 sex1589 ladyhooda1666 fair1687 wimmin1710 womenfolk1729 mesdemoiselles1739 the female of the species1795 femalitiesc1801 ladykind1829 womanity1836 womandom1838 ladydom1843 petticoatery1849 tea-body1865 muslin1884 the skirt1899 quim1909 womyn1975 womxn1991 c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 7912 Maȝȝdennchild iss all unnstrang Affterr wifmanne kinde. a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1869) II. 317 Pharao..heelde womman kynde ful feble to be rebel. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Fairf. 14) l. 9024 For alle we come of womman kinde. a1400 Prymer (St. John's Cambr.) (1891) 21 Byseche for the deuowte wommankynde [c1425 Cambr. wommans kynde]. a1475 Bk. Curtasye (Sloane 1986) l. 259 in Babees Bk. (2002) i. 306 Speke neuer vnhonestly of woman kynde. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Lev. xviii. 22 Thou shalt not lye with mankynde as with womankynde. a1586 Ballad against Evil Women in W. A. Craigie Maitland Folio MS (1919) I. 391 Þe foule delyte Off womankynd þat dreidis for no schame. 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene iii. v. sig. Gg8 In gentle Ladies breste, and bounteous race Of woman kind. 1678 A. Behn Sir Patient Fancy iv. i. 49 You may talk of you intrigues and substantiall Pleasures, but if any of you can match mine,—Egad I'le forswear womankind. 1724 E. Haywood Wife to be Lett iv. i. 45 Of all Womankind, your Charms have the least effect on me. 1769 H. Brooke Fool of Quality IV. xvii. 47 In womankind I can love nothing but you. 1823 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto VI xxvii. 14 My wish is..That Womankind had but one rosy mouth, To kiss them all at once from North to South. 1847 Ld. Tennyson Princess vi. 136 The soft and milky rabble of womankind. 1929 Stud. Philol. 26 329 The rational status of woman is not only a matter of justice to womankind but also a desideratum in the welfare of society. 1969 Progress (Clearfield, Pa.) 24 Jan. 4/5 This race-perpetuating chore they are happy enough to leave to womankind. 2007 Esquire Sept. 68/2 So drop me a line with any sexual queries you may harbour..(though I don't pretend to speak on behalf of all womankind). b. With the or possessive. The women of a particular family, household, or other group; the womenfolk. Cf. woman n. 1b. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > people > person > woman > [noun] > women collectively > of household womeneOE womankind1557 womenkind1598 womenfolk1729 1557 R. Edgeworth Serm. very Fruitfull xvii. f. cclxix^v The womankinde vnderstanding them that be fraile. ?1573 L. Lloyd Pilgrimage of Princes f. 8 Agreeing, that the womankinde shoulde passe awaye that night. a1648 E. Gurnay Toward Vindic. Second Commandment (1661) 49 The uncovering of the head is not in all Nations, and from the Woman-kind [1639 women-kind] in no Nation, esteemed as a doing of honour. 1819 R. Southey Select. from Lett. (1856) III. 518 My womankind join in kind regards. 1850 W. M. Thackeray Pendennis II. xviii. 183 Pen, chafing under the persecution which his womankind inflicted upon him. 1862 W. H. G. Kingston Three Midshipmen viii All the womankind in and out of the house, for a long way round. 1912 H. G. Wells Marriage i. i. 25 His family grouped itself dutifully. It made a charming little picture of a Man and his Womankind. 1947 PMLA 62 223 It is pleasant to note again, in the Scotsman's relation toward his womankind, that same ‘little boy’ attitude glimpsed previously. †c. In predicative use. Female. Obsolete. ΘΠ the world > people > person > woman > [adjective] femalea1382 womanisha1393 faira1450 women's-kinsc1450 feminatea1533 womankind?c1570 womenkind1571 sex1700 mollyish1801 petticoated1824 femme1925 ?c1570–4 Bp. R. Cox Injunctions in 2nd Rep. Commissioners Rubrics, Orders, & Directions Public Worship App. E. 406/2 in Parl. Papers 1867–8 (1868) XXXVIII. 1 Their chyldren and seruauntes both mankinde and womankinde. 1577 J. Aylmer Articles to be enquired Of sig. A4^v Any of his parish..eyther mankind or womankinde. 1614 R. Tailor Hogge hath lost Pearle ii. D 2 b Did I but only know her to be woman kind, I thinke it were sufficient. 1692 A. Oldys Female Gallant 145 She..knew me, as I am; knew me Philandra: knew me to be Womankind. 1879 W. S. Gilbert Gretchen in Orig. Plays (1902–11) II. 155 At once the open volume of her life Lay plain before me, and I read therein, That she was—womankind! 2. As a count noun: a woman or girl. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > people > person > woman > [noun] wifeeOE womaneOE womanOE queanOE brideOE viragoc1000 to wifeOE burdc1225 ladyc1225 carlinec1375 stotc1386 marec1387 pigsneyc1390 fellowa1393 piecec1400 femalea1425 goddessa1450 fairc1450 womankindc1450 fellowessa1500 femininea1513 tega1529 sister?1532 minikinc1540 wyec1540 placket1547 pig's eye1553 hen?1555 ware1558 pussy?a1560 jade1560 feme1566 gentlewoman1567 mort1567 pinnacea1568 jug1569 rowen1575 tarleather1575 mumps1576 skirt1578 piga1586 rib?1590 puppy1592 smock1592 maness1594 sloy1596 Madonna1602 moll1604 periwinkle1604 Partlet1607 rib of man1609 womanship?1609 modicum1611 Gypsy1612 petticoata1616 runniona1616 birda1627 lucky1629 she-man1640 her1646 lost rib1647 uptails1671 cow1696 tittup1696 cummer17.. wife1702 she-woman1703 person1704 molly1706 fusby1707 goody1708 riding hood1718 birdie1720 faggot1722 piece of goods1727 woman body1771 she-male1776 biddy1785 bitch1785 covess1789 gin1790 pintail1792 buer1807 femme1814 bibi1816 Judy1819 a bit (also bundle) of muslin1823 wifie1823 craft1829 shickster?1834 heifer1835 mot1837 tit1837 Sitt1838 strap1842 hay-bag1851 bint1855 popsy1855 tart1864 woman's woman1868 to deliver the goods1870 chapess1871 Dona1874 girl1878 ladykind1878 mivvy1881 dudess1883 dudette1883 dudine1883 tid1888 totty1890 tootsy1895 floozy1899 dame1902 jane1906 Tom1906 frail1908 bit of stuff1909 quim1909 babe1911 broad1914 muff1914 manhole1916 number1919 rossie1922 bit1923 man's woman1928 scupper1935 split1935 rye mort1936 totsy1938 leg1939 skinny1941 Richard1950 potato1957 scow1960 wimmin1975 womyn1975 womxn1991 c1450 J. Capgrave Life St. Katherine (Arun. 396) (1893) i. l. 899 (MED) A woman-keende neuere ȝet able waas To reule a peple..gret and wyde. 1569 S. Batman tr. O. de la Marche Trauayled Pylgrime sig. B.ii She, Eua, hight, a woman kinde, when he awakte hir sawe. 1637 T. Brian Pisse-prophet viii. 70 (You bringing us your Pisse) we must tell you..if it be the water of a woman-kinde, whether it be a married womans or a Maidens. a1685 Warn. Married Women xxviii, in F. J. Child Eng. & Sc. Pop. Ballads (1892) IV. viii. 363/2 Since that time the woman-kind Was never seen no more. 1711 Acts & Laws Mass. (1724) 270 Whosoever shall be convicted of Assaulting..any Woman or Woman-kind. 1730 E. Thomas Metamorphosis of Town 22 The Hair, of one is tied behind, And platted, like a Womankind. 1816 W. Scott Antiquary I. ix. 188 ‘Where's the younger womankind?’..‘Indeed, brother,..Maria,..set away to the Halket-craig head—I wonder ye didna see her.’ 1858 E. J. Trelawny Rec. Shelley, Byron xviii. 195 ‘Women, you should say,’ exclaimed Byron. ‘If we had a womankind on board, she would set us all at loggerheads.’ 1950 S. L. Bensusan Late Harvest xxv. 132 ‘I carried it to the corner of the lane while you were in the house,’ explained the womankind. †3. Womanly nature; womanhood. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > people > person > woman > [noun] > fact or state of being womanheadc1390 womanhooda1413 womanishness1545 womankind1549 womenhead1555 womanship1608 feminineness1810 femininism1824 feminity1854 femininity1856 femininitude1878 1549 M. Coverdale et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. II. 1 Pet. iii. f. viii^v Let your wisdome succour the frailtie of their womankynde. 1883 W. C. Smith North Country Folk 71 Broken in faith and heart and mind, Yet no one knew it but only he, For she was true to her womankind, And no one felt it, but only she. 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