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muliebrity

Syllables: mu·li·e·bri·ty/ˌmjuːlɪˈɛbɹɪti/US/ˌmjuliˈɛbɹəti/

muliebrity noun: the state or quality of being a woman; the features of a woman's nature; femininity, womanhood.

Noun

muliebrity (countable and uncountable, plural muliebrities)

  1. (literary) The state or quality of being a woman; the features of a woman's nature; femininity, womanhood.
    • The Ladies of Rhodes hearing that you have loſt, / A capitoll part of your Lady ware, / Haue made their petition to Cupid, / To plague you aboue all other, / As one preiuditiall to their muliebritie.1592?, attributed to Thomas Kyd, The Tragedye of Solyman and Perseda. […], Printed by Edward Allde for Edward White, […], →OCLC, signature G2, verso; republished as The Tragedie of Soliman and...
    • [I]n the devising, hammering, forging and composing of the Woman, she hath had a much tenderer regard, and by a great deal more respectful heed to the delightful Consortship, and sociable Delectation of the Man, than to the Perfection and Accomplishment of the individual Womanishness, or Muliebrity.1653, Francis Rabelais [i.e., François Rabelais], translated by [Thomas Urquhart, Peter Anthony Motteux], “How Rondibilis Declareth Cuckoldry to be Naturally One of the Appendances of Marriage”, in...
  2. (literary) The state of attainment of womanhood following maidenhood.
    • [page 354] If a huſband be Inneen, [impotent,] it is requiſite that the Kâzee appoint the term of one year from the period of litigation, within which if the accuſed have carnal connexion with his wife it is well; but if not, the Kâzee muſt pronounce a ſeparation, provided ſuch be the deſire of the...1791, [Burhan al-Din al-Marghinani], “Of Impotence”, in Charles Hamilton, transl., The Hedaya, or Guide; a Commentary on the Mussulman Laws: […], volume I, London: Printed by T[homas] Bensley, →OCLC...
    • Janie's story of personal growth may be charted as one that travels from mules to muliebrity.1997 spring, Julie A. Haurykiewicz, “From Mules to Muliebrity: Speech and Silence in Their Eyes Were Watching God”, in Southern Literary Journal, volume 29, number 2, Chapel Hill, N.C.: Department of...
  3. The state of puberty in a female.

muliebrity meaning in Tamil

muliebrity in Tamil

பெண்மை

Examples of muliebrity in a sentence

  • The second of the ravishing voices I have heard was, as I have said, that of another German woman. […] it had so much woman in it,—muliebrity, as well as femineity; […]1857–1858, Oliver Wendell Holmes [Sr.], chapter IX, in The Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table, Boston, Mass.: Phillips, Sampson and Company...
  • [T]his tall, handsome, gentlemanly-looking woman, who, however, in spite of her broad shoulders and narrow hips possessed a refined muliebrity superior to mere womanliness of outline, […]1888, Bret Harte, “[A Phyllis of the Sierras] chapter V”, in A Phyllis of the Sierras and A Drift from Redwood Camp, Boston, Mass.; New...
  • This permanence of muliebrity serves to indicate the requirements of natural law.1904 September, H. B. Marriott-Watson [i.e., H[enry] B[rereton] Marriott Watson], “The American Woman: An Analysis”, in James Knowles...
  • She had not married, I suppose because her standards were high, and men are cowards and with an instinctive appetite for muliebrity.1911, H[erbert] G[eorge] Wells, “Margaret in London”, in The New Machiavelli, London: John Lane; The Bodley Head […], →OCLC, book the...

Synonyms of muliebrity

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Forms of muliebrity

pluralmuliebrities
alternative formmuliebritie

Origin of muliebrity

From Late Latin muliebritās (“womanhood; womanliness”), from Latin muliēbris (“feminine, womanly”) + -tās (suffix forming nouns indicating a state of being); or from muliēbris + -ity; compare Middle French muliebrité. Muliēbris is derived from mulier (“woman; wife”) (from mollior (“softer; milder; weaker”), comparative form of mollis (“soft; mild, tender; weak”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *mel- (“soft; tender; weak”)) + -brīs (noun suffix denoting a person).

Questions about muliebrity

What does muliebrity mean?
Muliebrity means the state or quality of being a woman; the features of a woman's nature; femininity, womanhood.
What is muliebrity in Tamil?
Muliebrity in Tamil is பெண்மை. See Muliebrity meaning in Tamil.
How do you use muliebrity in a sentence?
The second of the ravishing voices I have heard was, as I have said, that of another German woman. […] it had so much woman in it,—muliebrity, as well as femineity; […]
What part of speech is muliebrity?
Muliebrity is a noun.
How do you pronounce muliebrity?
Muliebrity is pronounced /ˌmjuːlɪˈɛbɹɪti/ (UK).
What is the plural of muliebrity?
The plural of muliebrity is muliebrities.

Words near muliebrity in the dictionary

  1. muliebria
  2. muliebrile
  3. muliebrious
  4. muliebritie
  5. muliebrities
  6. muliebrity
  7. mulier
  8. mulierast
  9. mulierasts
  10. mulierly
  11. mulierose

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