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womanscent

womanscent noun: a woman's body odor, typically regarded as feminine and attractive, especially in sexual contexts.

Noun

womanscent (uncountable)

  1. (slang) A woman's body odor, typically regarded as feminine and attractive, especially in sexual contexts.
    • Ginny felt her moisture rise, knew the cold, almost frozen breath of Darsen. She smelled the womanscent of her — the slow ache, the heavy throbbing.1990, Karen Marie Christa Minns, Virago, Naiad Press, page 186
    • 'That is enough." She flicked his towel free and tossed it aside; she touched herself, then stroked her finger along his lip. He'd never thought himself especially susceptible to womanscent, but suddenly he felt hazy; before he could tell her about anger incapacitating him, his body's reaction made...1991, F. M. Busby, chapter 17, in Slow Freight, Bantam Books, page 188

Examples of womanscent in a sentence

  • He'd never thought himself especially susceptible to womanscent, but suddenly he felt hazy; before he could tell her about anger incapacitating him, his body's reaction made that claim moot.1991, F. M. Busby, chapter 17, in Slow Freight, Bantam Books, page 188:
  • He was dangerously aware of her womanscent whilst she bent her head, silky locks falling against his burning flesh.2009, Emily Schultz, chapter 15, in Heaven is Small, Anansi Press, page 151:

Origin of womanscent

Compound of woman + scent.

Questions about womanscent

What does womanscent mean?
Womanscent means a woman's body odor, typically regarded as feminine and attractive, especially in sexual contexts.
How do you use womanscent in a sentence?
He'd never thought himself especially susceptible to womanscent, but suddenly he felt hazy; before he could tell her about anger incapacitating him, his body's reaction made that claim moot.
What part of speech is womanscent?
Womanscent is a noun.

Words near womanscent in the dictionary

  1. womanospheres
  2. womanpower
  3. womanproof
  4. womans
  5. womans up
  6. womanscent
  7. womanservant
  8. womanservants
  9. womanship
  10. womanslaughter
  11. womanslayer

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