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