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womanship

womanship noun: the characteristic of being a woman or womanly.

Noun

womanship (uncountable)

  1. The characteristic of being a woman or womanly.
    • So costly were they; carpets every stitch / Of womanship so rare, they made you wish / You could glide o'er them like a golden fish.1833, George Gordon Byron Baron Byron, Don Juan: In Sixteen Cantos; with Notes, page 129
    • Can you, Miss Martin, for once lay aside the silly forms of womanship, and answer me a plain question upon which the happiness of my life depends?1851, Joanna Baillie, The Dramatic and Poetical Works of Joanna Baillie, page 442

Origin of womanship

From woman + -ship.

Questions about womanship

What does womanship mean?
Womanship means the characteristic of being a woman or womanly.
What part of speech is womanship?
Womanship is a noun.

Words near womanship in the dictionary

  1. womans
  2. womans up
  3. womanscent
  4. womanservant
  5. womanservants
  6. womanship
  7. womanslaughter
  8. womanslayer
  9. womanspeak
  10. womansplain
  11. womansplained

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