womanish

动词 v. 形容词 adj.
/ˈwʊmənɪʃ/   

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To make womanish. obsolete,rare
    — Then the Lord Gaspar: “I believe music,” quoth he, “together with many other vanities, is meet for women, and peradventure for some also that have the likeness of men, but not for them that be men indeed, who ought not with such delicacies to womanish their minds and bring themselves in that sort to dread death.”
    The Old Arcadia
形容词 adj.
  1. Characteristic of a woman; effeminate, feminine. derogatory,often
    — […] Romans novv / Haue Thevves, and Limbes, like to their Anceſtors; / But vvoe the vvhile, our Fathers mindes are dead, / And vve are gouern'd vvith our Mothers ſpirits, / Our yoake, and ſufferance, ſhevv vs VVomaniſh.
    Sanditon
  2. Carried out by or pertaining to a woman.
    — And gan recomfort her in her rude vvyſe, / VVith vvomaniſh compaſſion of her plaint, / VViping the teares from her ſuffuſed eyes, […]

词形变化

more womanish comparative most womanish superlative womannish alternative,obsolete womanishes present,singular,third-person womanishing participle,present womanished participle,past womanished past womannish alternative,obsolete

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词源

词源 1
From Middle English wommanyssh. Equivalent to woman + -ish. The verb is from the adjective.
词源 2
From Middle English wommanyssh. Equivalent to woman + -ish. The verb is from the adjective.
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