womanchild

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noun

An immature woman.

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Meanings

nounwomanchild (plural womanchildren or womenchildren)

plural womanchildren · plural womenchildren

  1. An immature woman.

    Where the Henley heroine comes across as an awkward, desperate, emotionally battered womanchild, the knockoff's simply dumb, needy, and infantile.

    1988 February 12, Anthony Adler, “Send in the Hicks”, in Chicago Reader

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
adultescent

Origin

From woman + child.

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APA

womanchild. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/womanchild

MLA

“womanchild.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/womanchild. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “womanchild,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/womanchild.

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