mulier
1 Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of mulier1
1325–75; Middle English < Anglo-French ≪ Latin: woman
Origin of mulier2
1350–1400; Middle English mulire, moylere < Anglo-French mulieré born in wedlock, legitimate < Medieval Latin mulierātus. See mulier 1, -ate 1
Example Sentences
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Nulla potest mulier tantum se dicere amatam Vere, quantum a me Lesbia amata mea's.
From The Carmina of Caius Valerius Catullus by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir
Jerome, with more scholarly instinct, rightly presents the remark as a quotation: "Scribit Herodotus quod mulier cum veste deponat et verecundiam."
From Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 1 The Evolution of Modesty; The Phenomena of Sexual Periodicity; Auto-Erotism by Ellis, Havelock
“Humano capiti cervicem pictor equinam Jungere si velit, et varias inducere plumas, Undique collatis membris, ut turpiter atram Desinat in piscem mulier formosa supernè, Spectatum admissi risum teneatis, amici?” etc.
From The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning by Berdoe, Edward
Circa dies istos, mulier quædam malefica, in villâ quæ Berkeleia dicitur degens, gulæ amatrix ac petulantiæ, flagitiis modum usque in senium et auguriis non ponens, usque ad mortem impudica permansit.
From Poems, 1799 by Southey, Robert
Ad secundum vero quod spectat; nihil obstare quominus mulier de qua agitur caesareae operationi suo tempore subjiciatur.
From Essays In Pastoral Medicine by ?Malley, Austin
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