womanship

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noun

The characteristic of being a woman or womanly.

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Meanings

nounwomanship (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe characteristic of being a woman or womanly.

    So costly were they; carpets every stitch / Of womanship so rare, they made you wish / You could glide o'er them like a golden fish.

    1833, George Gordon Byron Baron Byron, Don Juan: In Sixteen Cantos; with Notes, page 129
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    Can you, Miss Martin, for once lay aside the silly forms of womanship, and answer me a plain question upon which the happiness of my life depends?

    1851, Joanna Baillie, The Dramatic and Poetical Works of Joanna Baillie, page 442

Origin

From woman + -ship.

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

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

Chicago

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

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