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muliebrity

/ˈmjuliˌɛbrədi/
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A persons's muliebrity is her femininity or womanliness. An idolizing kindergartner might admire her dress-wearing, curly-haired teacher's muliebrity.

The noun muliebrity is quite uncommon, and today it's almost always used in a literary context. A poet might describe a beautiful woman's muliebrity, for example. The word comes from the Late Latin word muliebritas, "state of womanhood," which is rooted in one of the Latin words for "woman," mulier.

Definitions of muliebrity
  1. noun
    the state of being an adult woman
    synonyms: womanhood
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    type of:
    adulthood
    the state (and responsibilities) of a person who has attained maturity
  2. noun
    the trait of behaving in ways considered typical for women
    synonyms: femininity
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    types:
    womanlike, womanliness
    the trait of being womanly; having the characteristics of an adult female
    ladylikeness
    behavior befitting a lady
    maidenliness
    behavior befitting a young maiden
    girlishness
    being characteristic of a girl
    effeminacy, effeminateness, sissiness, softness, unmanliness, womanishness
    the trait of being effeminate (derogatory of a man)
    emasculation
    loss of power and masculinity
    type of:
    trait
    a distinguishing feature of your personal nature
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