WOMANISH


Meaning of WOMANISH in English

ˈwu̇mənish sometimes especially in the South ˈwōm- or ˈwəm- adjective

Etymology: Middle English, from woman (I) + -ish

1. archaic : of or belonging to women : done by women

womanish work

2. : characteristic of a woman : suitable to or resembling a woman : feminine

love her for the sake of her gentle and womanish ways — A.W.Kinglake

nothing womanish in the room except a full-length mirror — Raymond Chandler

3. : unsuitable to a man or to a strong character of either sex : not strong or virile

hence, womanish fears, traitors to love and duty — S.T.Coleridge

disdaining all the womanish peace talk about them — James Cameron

womanly, yet quite unlike the womanish women — George Meredith

Synonyms: see female

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.