muliebrity
[ myoo-lee-eb-ri-tee ]
/ ˌmyu liˈɛb rɪ ti /
noun
womanly nature or qualities.
Origin of muliebrity
1585–95; < Late Latin
muliēbritās womanhood, equivalent to Latin
muliēbri(s) womanly (derivative of
mulier woman) +
-tās
-ty2
OTHER WORDS FROM muliebrity
mu·li·eb·ral, adjectiveWords nearby muliebrity
Example sentences from the Web for muliebrity
There was a little toss in their movement, full of muliebrity.
Pages From an Old Volume of Life |Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.Muliebrity, mū-li-eb′ri-ti, n. womanhood: effeminacy, softness.
British Dictionary definitions for muliebrity
muliebrity
/ (ˌmjuːlɪˈɛbrɪtɪ) /
noun
the condition of being a woman
femininity
Word Origin for muliebrity
C16: via Late Latin from Latin
muliēbris womanly, from
mulier woman