Womanize
//ˈwʊmənaɪz// verb
verb ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 To flirt with or seduce, or attempt to seduce, women, especially lecherously. intransitive
- 2 to give a (more) feminine, effeminate, or womanly quality or appearance to wordnet
- 3 To turn into a woman; to feminize. figuratively, transitive, usually
"[T]his effeminate loue of a wõman, doth ſo womanize a man, that (if hee yeeld to it) it will not onely make him an Amazon; but a launder, a diſtaff-ſpinner; or what ſo euer other vile occupation their idle heads can imagin and their weake hands performe."
- 4 have amorous affairs; of men wordnet
Example
More examples"[T]his effeminate loue of a wõman, doth ſo womanize a man, that (if hee yeeld to it) it will not onely make him an Amazon; but a launder, a diſtaff-ſpinner; or what ſo euer other vile occupation their idle heads can imagin and their weake hands performe."
Etymology
From woman + -ize.
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