Wombly

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of having a womb.

    "In practicing couvade, the male makes himself wombly. An initiated aboriginal man made womanly by sub-incision can imitate the womb's ability to open."

  2. 2
    motherly; womanly. broadly, figuratively

    "He remembers Milly's childhood fear of being deserted and the terror she experienced at the first bloody sign of womanly/wombly maturation: "Her growing pains at night […]"

Synonyms

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uterineuterine

Example

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"In practicing couvade, the male makes himself wombly. An initiated aboriginal man made womanly by sub-incision can imitate the womb's ability to open."

Etymology

From womb + -ly.

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