womanhood

[ woo m-uh n-hoo d ]

/ ˈwʊm ənˌhʊd /

the state of being a woman; womanly character or qualities.

women collectively: American womanhood.

Origin of womanhood

Middle English word dating back to 1325–75; see origin at woman, -hood

The novel is a near perfect portrayal of the emotions of a young girl on the cusp of womanhood.

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Those were the valuable aspects of womanhood at the time: being pretty and even-tempered and sweet.

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Many of the poems are diagrams and puzzles that seek to look at love, womanhood, motherhood, and the longing for God in new ways.

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Ten dollars, and her little girl, Soheir, would be ready to take her first step on the road to womanhood.

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Together, they hover on the edge of reality, dangerously poised somewhere between girlhood and womanhood.

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Health in manhood and womanhood depends on how the health is cared for in childhood.

Health Lessons |Alvin Davison
When Eve ate that particular apple, she became aware of her own womanhood, mentally.

Fantasia of the Unconscious |D. H. Lawrence
Genius is ever in quiet complicity with womanhood, and leaves it in that half-obscurity which is its greatest power.

Rodin: The Man and his Art |Judith Cladel
When material things are found superior to true manhood and womanhood, they must be reversed.

Usury |Calvin Elliott
The law was made for man; the claims and instincts of womanhood must override the decrees of any Consistory Court.

Lola Montez |Edmund B. d'Auvergne

womanhood

/ (ˈwʊmənˌhʊd) /

the state or quality of being a woman or being womanly

women collectively