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girlness

girlness noun: the state or condition of being a girl; femininity, girlhood.

Noun

girlness (uncountable)

  1. (nonstandard) The state or condition of being a girl; femininity, girlhood.
    • Pawing through the pile of clothes on my floor for the right pants, shoes, sweater appropriately comfortable, sturdy, warm, I am struck with a heightened awareness of my girlness.2010, Jennifer Bové, Wild with Child: Adventures of Families in the Great Outdoors, page 240
    • The adult Lynda does eventually reclaim her girlness from the control of others with help from a surrogate mother figure, an unlikely hero named Norabelle, a thirteen-year-old girl who rescues the adult Lynda […]2012, Susan E. Kirtley, Lynda Barry: Girlhood through the Looking Glass, page 172

Origin of girlness

From girl + -ness.

Questions about girlness

What does girlness mean?
Girlness means the state or condition of being a girl; femininity, girlhood.
What part of speech is girlness?
Girlness is a noun.

Words near girlness in the dictionary

  1. girlmoded
  2. girlmoder
  3. girlmoders
  4. girlmodes
  5. girlmoding
  6. girlness
  7. girlond
  8. girlonds
  9. girlpop
  10. girlproof
  11. girlpussies

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