WOMANLINESS

womanliness, womanlike

(noun) the trait of being womanly; having the characteristics of an adult female

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

womanliness (countable and uncountable, plural womanlinesses)

The condition of being a woman; femininity.

Antonyms

• manliness

Source: Wiktionary


Wom"an*li*ness, n.

Definition: The quality or state of being womanly. There is nothing wherein their womanliness is more honestly garnished than with silence. Udall.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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11 January 2025

COWBERRY

(noun) low evergreen shrub of high north temperate regions of Europe and Asia and America bearing red edible berries


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Coffee Trivia

The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.

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