1. (Zoöl.) The glutton.
2. A nickname for an inhabitant of Michigan. [U. S.]
Wolves
(Wolves) n., pl. of Wolf.
Wolvish
(Wolv"ish) a. Wolfish. Shak.
Woman
(Wom"an) n.; pl. Women [OE. woman, womman, wumman, wimman, wifmon, AS. wifmann,
wimmann; wif woman, wife + mann a man. See Wife, and Man.]
1. An adult female person; a grown-up female person, as distinguished from a man or a child; sometimes,
any female person.
Women are soft, mild pitiful, and flexible.
Shak.
And the rib, which the Lord God had taken from man, made he a woman.
Gen. ii. 22.
I have observed among all nations that the women ornament themselves more than the men; that, wherever
found, they are the same kind, civil, obliging, humane, tender beings, inclined to be gay and cheerful,
timorous and modest.
J. Ledyard. 2. The female part of the human race; womankind.
Man is destined to be a prey to woman.
Thackeray. 3. A female attendant or servant. " By her woman I sent your message." Shak.
Woman hater, one who hates women; one who has an aversion to the female sex; a misogynist. Swift.
Woman
(Wom"an), v. t.
1. To act the part of a woman in; — with indefinite it. Daniel.
2. To make effeminate or womanish. [R.] Shak.
3. To furnish with, or unite to, a woman. [R.] "To have him see me woman'd." Shak.
Womanhead
(Wom"an*head Wom"an*hede) , n. Womanhood. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Womanhood
(Wom"an*hood) n.
1. The state of being a woman; the distinguishing character or qualities of a woman, or of womankind.
Unspotted faith, and comely womanhood.
Spenser.
Perhaps the smile and the tender tone
Came out of her pitying womanhood.
Tennyson. 2. Women, collectively; womankind.
Womanish
(Wom"an*ish) a. Suitable to a woman, having the qualities of a woman; effeminate; not becoming
a man; — usually in a reproachful sense. See the Note under Effeminate. " Thy tears are womanish."
Shak. " Womanish entreaties." Macaulay.
A voice not soft, weak, piping, and womanish, but audible, strong, and manlike.
Ascham. — Wom"an*ish*ly, adv. — Wom"an*ish*ness, n.
