womanish

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"Womanish or not," returned Luke; "either my fancy has deceived me, or I beheld her, distinctly as I now behold you, within yon cave, while you were sleeping by my side."

From Rookwood by Ainsworth, William Harrison

"Mannish" and "Womanish," or "Feminist" and "Ultra-Feminine," better characterise their latter-day presentments.

From Feminism and Sex-Extinction by Kenealy, Arabella

Use me then, Womanish fear farewell: I'le never melt more, Lead on, to some great thing, to wake my spirit: I cut the Cedar Pompey, and I'le fell This huge Oak C�sar too.

From The False One by Beaumont, Francis