womannish
womannish is the obsolete spelling of womanish.
Meaning of womanish
Adjective
womanish (comparative more womanish, superlative most womanish)
- Characteristic of a woman; effeminate, feminine.
- […] Romans novv / Haue Thevves, and Limbes, like to their Anceſtors; / But vvoe the vvhile, our Fathers mindes are dead, / And vve are gouern'd vvith our Mothers ſpirits, / Our yoake, and ſufferance, ſhevv vs VVomaniſh.1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Iulius Cæsar”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...
- Carried out by or pertaining to a woman.
- And gan recomfort her in her rude vvyſe, / VVith vvomaniſh compaſſion of her plaint, / VViping the teares from her ſuffuſed eyes, […]1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto VII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, page 496
Forms of womannish
| comparative | more womannish |
|---|---|
| superlative | most womannish |
Questions about womannish
- What is womannish the obsolete spelling of?
- Womannish is the obsolete spelling of womanish.
Words near womannish in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: womannish (page history and authors); womanish (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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