muliebrity

Meaning

1. (countable, literary, uncountable) The state or quality of being a woman; the features of a woman's nature; femininity, womanhood.
2. (countable, literary, uncountable) The state of attainment of womanhood following maidenhood.
3. (countable, uncountable) The state of puberty in a female.

Opposite of

masculinity, manhood, manliness, mannishness, virility

Synonyms

womanhood

femininity

womanliness

feminity

delicacy

ladylikeness

femaleness

feminism

feminilism

Translations

féminité

Weiblichkeit

θηλυκότητα

féminéité

femminilità

femminino

♀️

verwijfdheid

vrouwelijkheid

feminilidade

feminidad

kadınlık

kadınlık hususiyeti

feminitat

kadın olma hali

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˌmjuːlɪˈɛbɹɪti/

Etymology

Cognate with Middle French: muliebrité

In summary

From Late Latin muliebritās (“womanhood; womanliness”), from Latin muliēbris (“feminine, womanly”) + -tās (suffix forming nouns indicating a state of being); or from muliēbris + -ity; compare Middle French muliebrité. Muliēbris is derived from mulier (“woman; wife”) (from mollior (“softer; milder; weaker”), comparative form of mollis (“soft; mild, tender; weak”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *mel- (“soft; tender; weak”)) + -brīs (noun suffix denoting a person).