womanness

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noun

The quality of being a woman.

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Meanings

nounwomanness (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe quality of being a woman.

    Ah luv thee, thy legs, an' th' shape on thee, an' th' womanness on thee. Ah luv th' womanness on thee.

    1928, D[avid] H[erbert] Lawrence, chapter 14, in Lady Chatterley’s Lover, Gutenberg edition, [Florence, Italy]: [ […] Tipografia Giuntina, […]], →OCLC; republished as Lady Chatterley’s Lover (eBook no. 0100181h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg Australia, August 2011, archived from the original on 11 Nov 2020
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    I don't want people to look at us like one is more "male" than the other. I want to announce my womonness as well as my mate's womonness.

    1984 December 29, Mykki Balduff, “Prisons and Roles”, in Gay Community News, volume 12, number 25, page 6

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
muliebrity

Origin

From woman + -ness.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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