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womanish

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wom⋅an⋅ish

  [woom-uh-nish]
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–adjective
1. womanlike or feminine.
2. weakly feminine; effeminate.
Origin:
1325–75; ME; see woman, -ish 1

Related forms:
wom⋅an⋅ish⋅ly, adverb
wom⋅an⋅ish⋅ness, noun

Synonyms:
2. See womanly.
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wom·an·ish   (wŏŏm'ə-nĭsh)   
adj.  

  1. Of, characteristic of, or natural to a woman. See Synonyms at female.

  2. Resembling, imitative of, or suggestive of a woman.

wom'an·ish·ly adv., wom'an·ish·ness n.
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