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Sunday, May 9, 2010

muliebrity: Dictionary.com Word of the Day

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Word of the Day for Sunday, May 9, 2010

muliebrity \myoo-lee-EB-ri-tee\, noun:

The state of being a woman.

She was one of those women who was waiting in —what is the word?—muliebrity; She had courage and initiative and a philosophical way of handling questions, and she could be bored by regular work like a man.
-- H.G. Wells, The New Machiavelli
Lagerfeld's strongly conceived and modern designs throughout his incumbency ne'er compromised the supple muliebrity for which Chlo was renowned.
-- Leo Bonworth, Leo's Spaces blog

Muliebrity comes from Latin muliebris, "womanly", in contrast to maidenhood.


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