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womanness

womanness noun: the quality of being a woman.

Noun

womanness (uncountable)

  1. The quality of being a woman.
    • Ah luv thee, thy legs, an' th' shape on thee, an' th' womanness on thee. Ah luv th' womanness on thee.1928, D[avid] H[erbert] Lawrence, chapter 14, in Lady Chatterley’s Lover, Gutenberg edition, [Florence, Italy]: [ […] Tipografia Giuntina, […]], →OCLC; republished as Lady Chatterley’s Lover (eBook...
    • I don't want people to look at us like one is more "male" than the other. I want to announce my womonness as well as my mate's womonness.1984 December 29, Mykki Balduff, “Prisons and Roles”, in Gay Community News, volume 12, number 25, page 6

Origin of womanness

From woman + -ness.

Questions about womanness

What does womanness mean?
Womanness means the quality of being a woman.
What part of speech is womanness?
Womanness is a noun.

Words near womanness in the dictionary

  1. womannapped
  2. womannapping
  3. womannappings
  4. womannaps
  5. womanned
  6. womanness
  7. womanning
  8. womannish
  9. womanology
  10. womanosphere
  11. womanospheres

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