womanish
[woo m-uh-nish]
adjective
womanlike or feminine.
weakly feminine; effeminate.
Origin of womanish
Synonyms for womanish
2. See womanly.
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Contemporary Examples of womanish
One of my men whom I knew for a womanish fellow, asked if he should put his bayonet through him.
Historical Examples of womanish
But he said to himself that he did not mean to yield to womanish whims—he, a man.
A Great ManArnold Bennett
Or, womanish, do they rest in the common dormitory of a shirt de nuit?
Journeys to BagdadCharles S. Brooks
You, because of many thousand kisses you have read, think me womanish.
The Carmina of Caius Valerius CatullusCaius Valerius Catullus
Generous or enthusiastic or any of the other womanish adjectives.
Floyd Grandon's HonorAmanda Minnie Douglas
If that was wearing the breeches, I am sure I disgraced them with my worse than womanish fears.
Flora LyndsaySusan Moodie
womanish
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