muliebrity
Americannoun
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the condition of being a woman
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femininity
Other Word Forms
- muliebral adjective
Etymology
Origin of muliebrity
1585–95; < Late Latin muliēbritās womanhood, equivalent to Latin muliēbri ( s ) womanly (derivative of mulier woman) + -tās -ty 2
Example Sentences
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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 one of those women who are waiting in—what is the word?—muliebrity.
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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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