Unmanfulness

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The quality of being unmanful; effeminacy. rare, uncountable

    "As for my so-called ailment—which I had presumed was a symptom of age, and Sally had presumed was yet another symptom of my unmanfulness—there has been not a single sign."

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fearsoftnesstimidityweakness

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"As for my so-called ailment—which I had presumed was a symptom of age, and Sally had presumed was yet another symptom of my unmanfulness—there has been not a single sign."

Etymology

From unmanful + -ness.

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