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unwomanlike

unwomanlike adjective: not womanlike; not befitting a woman.

Adjective

unwomanlike (comparative more unwomanlike, superlative most unwomanlike)

  1. Not womanlike; not befitting a woman.
    • Madame Calderon's description of a bull-fight in the country is equally spirited and unwomanlike. Even the little pity vouchsafed has the air of being thrown in for decency's sake.1845, The Quarterly Review, volume 76, page 118
    • In 7.69, Martial portrays Theophila, the “god-loving” intellectual and fiancée of the Roman Canius, as even more Atticized than Epicurus and the Stoics, even more unwomanlike in her tastes than the poets Sappho and Panaetis.2007, Todd C. Penner, Caroline Vander Stichele, Mapping Gender in Ancient Religious Discourses, page 42

Forms of unwomanlike

comparativemore unwomanlike
superlativemost unwomanlike

Origin of unwomanlike

From un- + womanlike.

Questions about unwomanlike

What does unwomanlike mean?
Unwomanlike means not womanlike; not befitting a woman.
What part of speech is unwomanlike?
Unwomanlike is an adjective.

Words near unwomanlike in the dictionary

  1. unwomanish
  2. unwomanize
  3. unwomanized
  4. unwomanizes
  5. unwomanizing
  6. unwomanlike
  7. unwomanliness
  8. unwomanly
  9. unwomanned
  10. unwomanning
  11. unwomans

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