Muliebrity

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Muliebrity \Mu`li*eb"ri*ty\ (m[=u]`l[i^]*[e^]b"r[i^]*t[y^]), n.
     [L. muliebritas, fr. muliebris belonging to a woman, fr.
     mulier a woman.]
     1. The state of being a woman or of possessing full womanly
        powers; womanhood; -- correlate of {virility}.
        [1913 Webster]


  
     2. Hence: Effeminancy; softness.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  muliebrity
       n 1: the state of being an adult woman [syn: {womanhood}]
       2: the trait of behaving in ways considered typical for women
          [syn: {femininity}] [ant: {masculinity}]