womanness
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]womanness (uncountable)
- The quality of being a woman.
- 1928, D[avid] H[erbert] Lawrence, chapter 14, in Lady Chatterley’s Lover, Gutenberg edition, [Florence, Italy]: [ […] Tipografia Giuntina, […]], →OCLC; republished as Lady Chatterley’s Lover (eBook no. 0100181h.html)[1], Australia: Project Gutenberg Australia, August 2011, archived from the original on 11 November 2020:
- Ah luv thee, thy legs, an' th' shape on thee, an' th' womanness on thee. Ah luv th' womanness on thee.
- 1984 December 29, Mykki Balduff, “Prisons and Roles”, in Gay Community News, volume 12, number 25, page 6:
- I don't want people to look at us like one is more "male" than the other. I want to announce my womonness as well as my mate's womonness.