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Vinony

womanliness

noun

  1. behavior/qualities regarded as characteristic of a woman
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Pronunciation: /ˈwʊmənlɪnəs/

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree English womanly Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English womanliness From womanly + -ness.

  1. The condition of being a woman; femininity.

    “As she walked along to-day, for all her bouncing handsome womanliness, you could sometimes see her twelfth year in her cheeks, or her ninth sparkling from her eyes; and even her fifth would flit over the curves of her mouth now and then.”