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Dictionary: wom·an·ish   (wʊm'ə-nĭsh) pronunciation
adj.
  1. Of, characteristic of, or natural to a woman. See synonyms at female.
  2. Resembling, imitative of, or suggestive of a woman.
womanishly wom'an·ish·ly adv.
womanishness wom'an·ish·ness n.

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adjective

  1. Of, relating to, or characteristic of women: distaff, female, feminine, womanly. See gender.
  2. Having qualities more appropriate to women than to men: effeminate, epicene, feminine, sissified, sissyish, unmanly. See gender.

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The adjective has one meaning:

Meaning #1: having characteristics associated with women and considered undesirable in men


 
 
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