† womanlishadj.
Obsolete. rare.
Womanish, effeminate.
ΘΚΠ
the world > life > sex and gender > female > effeminacy > [adjective]
womanly?c1225
ferbleta1300
effeminatea1393
nicea1393
softc1450
manlessa1529
unmanly1534
cockney1573
effeminated1580
unmanlikea1586
milky1602
enervate1603
womanizing1615
emasculate1622
womanized1624
softly1643
womanlish1647
unmasculine1649
emollid1656
ladylike1656
enervated1660
emasculated1701
petticoated1708
tea-faced1728
effeminized1789
invirile1870
epicene1881
sissyish1889
sissified1898
devirilized1901
cockless1902
camp1909
pansy1929
campy1932
queenly1933
poncy1937
pansyish1941
swishy1941
moffie1954
poofy1956
femme1963
poofed-up1964
minty1965
ponced-up1970
lavender1979
1647 H. Hexham Copious Eng. & Netherduytch Dict. Womanlish or effeminate, vrouwachtig.
Derivatives
womanlishness n.
ΘΚΠ
the world > life > sex and gender > female > effeminacy > [noun]
effeminateness1558
effeminacy1571
gingerliness1583
mollitude1599
mollities1604
invirility1628
femality?1643
womanlishness1648
feminity1669
ladyness1671
Miss Mollyism1834
femininity1855
Miss Nancyism1860
sissiness1892
camp1909
sissification1910
camping1922
lavender1929
1648 H. Hexham Groot Woorden-boeck Wijflickheydt, womanlishnesse, or Effeminatenesse.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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