noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The property of being unmanly; sissiness. countable, uncountable

   "Reproaching me as bastard, captive-born, Who, in my coward, base unmanliness Abandoned thee, Ο Aias, […]"

2. 2
   the trait of being effeminate (derogatory of a man) wordnet

Synonyms

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androgynyeffeminacyeffeminacyeffeminatenessfearsissiness

Antonyms

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manliness

Example

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"Reproaching me as bastard, captive-born, Who, in my coward, base unmanliness Abandoned thee, Ο Aias, […]"

Etymology

From unmanly + -ness.

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