"girlishness" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: girlishnesses [plural]
Etymology: From girlish + -ness. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|girlish|ness}} girlish + -ness Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} girlishness (countable and uncountable, plural girlishnesses)
  1. The quality of being girlish. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (quality of being girlish): Mädchenhaftigkeit [feminine] (German), mädchenhaftes Aussehen [neuter] (German), mädchenhaftes Wesen [neuter] (German), babskość [feminine] (Polish), babstwo [neuter] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-girlishness-en-noun-M2cFdE1~ Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -ness, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with entries, Terms with German translations, Terms with Polish translations Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ness: 45 55 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 56 44 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 47 53 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 58 42 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 59 41 Disambiguation of 'quality of being girlish': 95 5
  2. Girlish behaviour. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-girlishness-en-noun-ow7Fq3cP Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ness, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 30 70 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ness: 45 55 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 37 63 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 47 53
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Coordinate_terms: boyishness

Inflected forms

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