Wombly
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Wombly is an adjective meaning Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of having a womb.
Meaning
Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of having a womb.
More Meanings
- (figurative, by extension) motherly; womanly.
Example Sentences
Or is it that foetuses, and they alone, require wombly residence in order to survive?
In practicing couvade, the male makes himself wombly. An initiated aboriginal man made womanly by sub-incision can imitate the womb's ability to open.
This image extends to the divine person through the use of […] in Jeremiah 31.20 to signify God's motherly (or 'wombly') compassion for the beloved child, Ephraim.
He remembers Milly's childhood fear of being deserted and the terror she experienced at the first bloody sign of womanly/wombly maturation: "Her growing pains at night […]
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include uterine, delphic, maternal, gynecian, womantic, vermicious.
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