Wom"an*ish (?), a. Suitable to a woman, having the qualities of a
woman; effeminate; not becoming a man; — usually in a reproachful
sense. See the Note under Effeminate. " Thy tears are womanish." Shak.
" Womanish entreaties." Macaulay.
A voice not soft, weak, piping, and womanish, but audible, strong, and
manlike.
Ascham.
— Wom"an*ish*ly, adv. — Wom"an*ish*ness, n.
Wom"an*ize (?), v. t. To make like a woman; to make effeminate. [Obs.]
V. Knox.
Wom"an*kind` (?), n. The females of the human race; women,
collectively.
A sanctuary into which womankind, with her tools of magic, the broom
and mop, has very infrequent access.
Hawthorne.
Wom"an*less, a. Without a woman or women.
Wom"an*like (?), a. Like a woman; womanly.
Womanlike, taking revenge too deep.
Tennyson.
Wom"an*li*ness (?), n. The quality or state of being womanly.
There is nothing wherein their womanliness is more honestly garnished
than with silence.
Udall.
Wom"an*ly, a. Becoming a woman; feminine; as, womanly behavior.
Arbuthnot.
A blushing, womanly discovering grace.
Donne.
Wom"an*ly, adv. In the manner of a woman; with the grace, tenderness,
or affection of a woman. Gascoigne.
Womb (wm), n. [OE. wombe, wambe, AS. wamb, womb; akin to D. wam belly,
OS. & OHG. wamba, G. wamme, wampe, Icel. vömb, Sw. våmb, Dan. vom,
Goth. wamba.] 1. The belly; the abdomen. [Obs.] Chaucer.
And he coveted to fill his woman of the cods that the hogs eat, and no
man gave him.
Wyclif (Luke xv. 16).
An I had but a belly of any indifferency, I were simply the most active
fellow in Europe. My womb, my womb, my womb undoes me.
Shak.