womanish
IPA: wˈʊmʌnɪʃ
adjective
- (often derogatory) Characteristic of a woman; effeminate, feminine.
- Carried out by or pertaining to a woman.
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Examples of "womanish" in Sentences
- In other words, the men who rule are being called womanish, or childish.
- Cassius gripes that Rome has become "womanish" and mocks Caesar for resembling "a sick girl."
- The epithet "womanish" could not therefore have had among the Egyptians of his day a derogatory Men's-State signification.
- "Well, there is something effeminate a about that, something womanish, that is just what I would expect," the German said to the Montreal lawyer.
- In exceptional cases a reviewer perhaps exclaims upon certain faults as "womanish"; but the cry is too hasty; the faults are those of individuals, in either sex.
- We believe that no act so thoroughly womanish, that is, moving under a blind impulse without a thought of consequences, without a concerted succession of steps, and no
- She seldom schemed, but when she did scheme, her plans showed rather the comprehensive strategy of a general than the small arts called womanish, though she could utter oracles of Delphian ambiguity when she did not choose to be direct.
- And to aggravate this judgment, to put an edge upon this misery, it is added in the next words, that women shall come and set them on fire: that is, a womanish and effeminate generation of men (for such were the Babylonians) shall triumph over them.
- But it gets better: “His movements have been described as womanish — a dainty ladylike way of walking when not assuming a military carriage in public, effeminate gestures of his arms — a peculiar graceless ineptitude reminiscent of of a girl throwing a baseball.”
- here is a direct quote from the text his movements have been described as womanish - a dainty ladylike way of walking when not assuming a military carraige in public, EFFEMINATE gesture of his arms — a peculiar gracelessness ineptitude reminiscent of a girl throwing a baseball a long time ago i said the parallels were striking, and there were so many.
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