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wombly

wombly adjective: of, pertaining to, or characteristic of having a womb.

Adjective

wombly (comparative more wombly, superlative most wombly)

  1. Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of having a womb.
    • In practicing couvade, the male makes himself wombly. An initiated aboriginal man made womanly by sub-incision can imitate the womb's ability to open.1929, Nor Hall, Warren Royal Dawson, Brood Males
    • Or is it that foetuses, and they alone, require wombly residence in order to survive?1978, John Hayden Woods, Engineered Death
  2. (broadly, figuratively) motherly; womanly.
    • He remembers Milly's childhood fear of being deserted and the terror she experienced at the first bloody sign of womanly/wombly maturation: "Her growing pains at night […]1990, Suzette A. Henke, James Joyce and the Politics of Desire
    • This image extends to the divine person through the use of […] in Jeremiah 31.20 to signify God's motherly (or 'wombly') compassion for the beloved child, Ephraim.2005, Deborah Sawyer, David Gunn, Gary. A Philips, God, Gender and the Bible

Forms of wombly

comparativemore wombly
superlativemost wombly

Origin of wombly

From womb + -ly.

Questions about wombly

What does wombly mean?
Wombly means of, pertaining to, or characteristic of having a womb.
What part of speech is wombly?
Wombly is an adjective.

Words near wombly in the dictionary

  1. wombless
  2. womblessness
  3. womblike
  4. wombling
  5. womblings
  6. wombly
  7. wombman
  8. wombmate
  9. wombmates
  10. wombmen
  11. wombo combo

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