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What is the adjective for womenfolk?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verbs woman, womanize and womanise which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

womanish
  1. (pejorative) Characteristic of a woman; feminine; effeminate. [from 14th c.]
  2. Carried out by or pertaining to a woman. [from 14th c.]
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  4. Examples:
    1. “Cesario, of course, looks like a very womanish man, since he is actually a woman.”
      “The elders and rulers of the village were bemused to see that their men had become so womanish.”
      “We were neither of us womanish, and despite his proclivity to wear clothes dangerously close to the dandy set he was a hard sportsman.”
womanlike
  1. Befitting or characteristic of a woman.
  2. Resembling a woman; feminine; (of a man) effeminate.
  3. Synonyms:
  4. Examples:
    1. “He relates this factor to the adult Jesus' antipatriarchal behavior and to the fact that the adult Jesus often acted in a womanlike manner.”
womanful
  1. Showing characteristics normally associated with women
womanly
  1. Having the characteristics of a woman; feminine, female.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Proving that being a feminist doesn't mean neglecting the womanly arts, the banner behind us was one I made earlier.”
      “The womanly figure of the fashion model turned heads as she gracefully walked down the runway.”
      “The emphasized womanly duties have brought, up to now, not only women into ecclesiastical diaconal service, but also many priests and lay people.”
womannish
  1. Obsolete spelling of womanish
womanless
  1. Without women or a woman.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “The mateship of Gammage's diggers certainly presupposed a womanless world.”
womenless
womanlier
womanliest
womaned
  1. simple past tense and past participle of woman
womaning
  1. present participle of woman
womanized
womanizing
womanised
  1. simple past tense and past participle of womanise
womanising
  1. present participle of womanise
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