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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Womanish \Wom"an*ish\, adjective Suitable to a woman, having the qualities of a woman; effeminate; not becoming a man; -- usually in a reproachful sense. See the Note under {Effeminate}. '' Thy tears are womanish.'' --Shak. '' Womanish entreaties.'' --Macaulay.
A voice not soft, weak, piping, and womanish, but audible, strong, and manlike. --Ascham. -- {Wom"an*ish*ly}, adverb -- {Wom"an*ish*ness}, n.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
womanish
adjective: having characteristics associated with women and considered undesirable in men; "womanish tears"
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
58 Moby Thesaurus words for "womanish": breakable, brittle, cheap-jack, chicken, cobwebby, crumbly, dainty, delicate, delicately weak, distaff, effeminate, female, feminine, flimsy, fragile, frail, frangible, gentlewomanlike, gimcrack, gimcracky, girlish, gossamery, gynecic, gynecoid, gynic, jerry, jerry-built, kittenish, ladylike, light, lightweight, little-girlish, maidenly, matronal, matronlike, matronly, muliebral, muliebrous, namby-pamby, old-womanish, papery, pasteboardy, petticoat, prissy, puny, shattery, sissified, sissy, sissyish, sleazy, slight, soft, tacky, unmanly, unsubstantial, wispy, womanlike, womanly
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