womanlinessn.
/ˈwʊmənlɪnᵻs/, U.S. /ˈwʊmənlinᵻs/ Behaviour or qualities regarded as characteristic of a woman; an instance of this. Also (in early use): †effeminacy (obsolete).
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tendernessa1387
femininityc1405
feminityc1415
womanhoodc1430
womanc1440
womanliness1538
muliebrity?1592
woman1619
feminality1646
femality1702
femineity1741
feminacy1776
feminility1824
womanism1824
feminism1841
womanness1841
feminicity1843
womanity1843
femininitude1878
the eternal feminine1892
marianismo1972
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womanliness1538
muliebriousness1652
Miss Nancyism1860
1538 T. Elyot Dict. Mollicies, et mollicia,..womanlynesse.
1549 M. Coverdale et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. II. 1 Pet. iii. f. viii The entier vpryghtnes, godlynes, womanlynes..and sufferaunce of the wyfe.
1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1888) I. 214 Throuch the negligence of King Constantine, and his womanlines.
1647 H. Hexham Copious Eng. & Netherduytch Dict. Womanlienesse, Vrouwachtigheydt.
1709 B. Mandeville Virgin Unmask'd ii. 49 The bigger Misses..treat the smaller Fry..with so much Womanliness, and affected Motherly Care.
1864 Reader 30 Apr. 564/2 The Portia of Mrs. Vezin is endued with the grace and womanliness that characterize all her performances.
1874 J. Parker Paraclete i. xvi. 259 The womanliness of the Divine nature, its infinite grace and pathos.
1933 Times 15 Mar. 4/6 Miss O'Dare was a woman from whom every quality of womanliness had long since departed.
1972 H. J. Boyle Great Canad. Novel (1973) 220 He watched her in the morning transform herself from relaxed blousiness to a girdled, attractive, somewhat matronly womanliness.
1998 Time 6 Apr. 67/1 Fashion's new womanliness has its most passionate and celebrated advocates in two young designers.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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