Unwomanlike
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Unwomanlike is an adjective meaning Not womanlike; not befitting a woman.
Meaning
Not womanlike; not befitting a woman.
Example Sentences
Madame Calderon's description of a bull-fight in the country is equally spirited and unwomanlike. Even the little pity vouchsafed has the air of being thrown in for decency's sake.
In 7.69, Martial portrays Theophila, the “god-loving” intellectual and fiancée of the Roman Canius, as even more Atticized than Epicurus and the Stoics, even more unwomanlike in her tastes than the poets Sappho and Panaetis.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include unwomanly, unsexlike, unfeminine, unmanly, unladylike, unmasculine.
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