"womanish" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˈwʊmənɪʃ/ [UK] Forms: more womanish [comparative], most womanish [superlative]
Etymology: From Middle English wommanyssh. Equivalent to woman + -ish. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|wommanyssh}} Middle English wommanyssh, {{af|en|woman|-ish}} woman + -ish Head templates: {{en-adj}} womanish (comparative more womanish, superlative most womanish)
  1. (often derogatory) Characteristic of a woman; effeminate, feminine. Tags: derogatory, often Translations (characteristic of a woman): γυναικώδης (gunaikṓdēs) (Ancient Greek), կանացի (kanacʻi) (Armenian), женски (ženski) (Bulgarian), naismainen (Finnish), γυναικείος (gynaikeíos) (Greek), nőies (Hungarian), banda (Irish), 여자 같은 (yeoja gateun) (Korean), banamail (Middle Irish), kvinnelig (Norwegian), ба́бий (bábij) [masculine] (Russian), женоподо́бный (ženopodóbnyj) (Russian), afeminado (Spanish), kadınsı (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-womanish-en-adj-W0lCikb9 Disambiguation of 'characteristic of a woman': 91 9
  2. Carried out by or pertaining to a woman.
    Sense id: en-womanish-en-adj-uXxHe61T Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ish Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 95 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ish: 14 86
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: womannish [obsolete] Related terms: old-womanish, womanly, girlish, ladyish

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