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unwoman
English
Etymology
un- +? woman
Verb
unwoman (third-person singular simple present unwomans, present participle unwomaning or unwomanning, simple past and past participle unwomaned or unwomanned)
- (transitive) To deprive of feminine qualities; to unsex.
- 1844, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, “Romaunt of the Page” in Poems, London: Edward Moxon, Volume I, p. 163,[1]
- ‘ […] My love, so please you, shall requite
- No woman, whether dark or bright,
- Unwomaned if she be.’
- 1863, Margaret Oliphant, Salem Chapel, Edinburgh: William Blackwood, Volume 2, Chapter 21, p. 22,[2]
- Not all her anxiety for Arthur, not all her personal wretchedness, could unwoman the minister’s mother so much as to make her forgive or overlook Phœbe’s presumption.
- 1972, Pearl S. Buck, “Thoughts of a Woman at Christmas” in Once Upon a Christmas, New York: John Day, p. 115,[3]
- “He says I am not feminine, that I act like a man, that I’m too aggressive. I say that he unwomans me, because he doesn’t do the man’s work in the home, and I have to—somebody has to! […] ”
- 1976, Susan Yankowitz, Silent Witness, New York: Knopf, Part Three, p. 141,[4]
- The muslin dress unwomans her, a crude navy blue […] which buttons at the nape of her neck and drops past her knees in stiff irregular folds. Oh it hangs, it hangs, sack bag barrel. Even her waist is not hugged by it and there are no darts in consideration of her breasts.
- 1844, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, “Romaunt of the Page” in Poems, London: Edward Moxon, Volume I, p. 163,[1]
Noun
unwoman (plural unwomen)
- A woman devoid of rights, recognition, or typical female characteristics; a female unperson.
- 2020, Sarah E. Maier, Brenda Ayres, Neo-Victorian Madness (page 140)
- By allowing herself and her unborn child to be executed, effectively she is permitting an abortion and by extension, becoming an “unwoman.”
- 2020, Sarah E. Maier, Brenda Ayres, Neo-Victorian Madness (page 140)
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enwoman
English
Etymology
en- +? woman
Verb
enwoman (third-person singular simple present enwomans, present participle enwomaning, simple past and past participle enwomaned)
- (transitive) To endow with the qualities of a woman; to make womanish
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Daniel to this entry?)
Synonyms
- feminize
References
- Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia, Vol. III, Page 1959, enwoman
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