"unsexlike" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more unsexlike [comparative], most unsexlike [superlative]
Etymology: un- + sex + -like Etymology templates: {{af|en|un-|sex|-like}} un- + sex + -like Head templates: {{en-adj}} unsexlike (comparative more unsexlike, superlative most unsexlike)
  1. (archaic) Not befitting a person's sex; unmanly (for a man) or unwomanly (for a woman). Tags: archaic Categories (topical): Gender

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