muliebrity

[myoo-lee-eb-ri-tee]

noun

1. womanly nature or qualities.

2. womanhood.

muliebrity

/ ˌmjuːlɪˈɛbrɪtɪ /

noun

1. the condition of being a woman

2. femininity

Other Word Forms

• muliebral adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of muliebrity¹

1585–95; < Late Latin muliēbritās womanhood, equivalent to Latin muliēbri ( s ) womanly (derivative of mulier woman) + -tās -ty ²

Word History and Origins

Origin of muliebrity¹

C16: via Late Latin from Latin muliēbris womanly, from mulier woman

Example Sentences

And as Sonia herself was growing up to womanhood, or, in Mr. WATSON'S elegant phrase, "muliebrity claimed her definitely"—well, he is an enviable reader for whom the last page will hold any considerable surprise.

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The health of American wives, their muliebrity or womanly power, is sapped in various ways.

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She was certainly handsome; if there was no longer the freshness of youth, there was still the indefinable charm of the woman of thirty, and with it the delicate curves of matured muliebrity and repose.

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She had not married, I suppose because her standards were high, and men are cowards and with an instinctive appetite for muliebrity.

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She was one of those women who are waiting in—what is the word?—muliebrity.

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