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women Noun the plural of woman Women 1. the state of being a pedantic or literal-minded woman. 2. behavior characteristic of such a woman. — bluestocking, n., adj. Law. the status of a married woman. that branch of medicine that deals with menstruation and its related disorders. 1. the murder of a woman. 2. the murderer of a woman. Also called gynecide, gynaecide. — femicidal, adj. gynecocracy. a form of government by a woman or women. Also called gynecocracy. — gynarchic, adj. rule by women. Also called gunocracy, gyneocracy, gynaeocracy. the worship of women. Also gyneolatry. — gynecolater, n. the branch of medical science that studies the diseases of women, especially of the reproductive organs. — gynecologist, n. — gynecologic, gynecological, adj. any illness that afflicts only women. — gynecopathic, gynaecopathic, adj. an abnormal fear or hatred of women. — gynephobe, n. the medical field dealing with women’s dieases. ill-bred, boisterous, or tomboyish behavior in a woman. — hoyden, n. — hoydenish, adj. behavior characteristic of a maenad or bacchante; raging or wild behavior in a woman. 1. a matriarchal form of government. 2. a family, tribe, or other social group ruled by a matriarch or matriarchs. — matriarchic, adj. 1. a community in which the mother or oldest female is the supreme authority, and descent is traced through the female line. 2. government by females, with one as supreme. — matriarchist, n. — matriarchic, matriarchical, adj. a hatred of women — misogynist, n. the condition of being marriageable, especially in reference to a woman’s age or physical development. — nubile, adj. the worship of virgins. Physiology. the study of virginity. a love of or liking for women. — philogynist, n. — philogynous, adj. modesty, especially chastity or chastefulness. the practice of discriminating against women in job opportunities, salary levels and increases, and in other matters now generally considered to be equally the right of women. — sexist, n., adj. a fellowship or association of women, as for a benevolent or charitable purpose or at a college. militant advocacy of suffrage for women. See also politics. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| On the other hand, as the market ran very unhappily on the men's side, I found the women had lost the privilege of saying No; that it was a favour now for a woman to have the Question asked, and if any young lady had so much arrogance as to counterfeit a negative, she never had the opportunity given her of denying twice, much less of recovering that false step, and accepting what she had but seemed to decline. "My wife," continued Prince Andrew, "is an excellent woman, one of those rare women with whom a man's honor is safe; but, O God, what would I not give now to be unmarried So they beckoned to them, pointing to the setting of the sun, and then to the rising; which was to signify that the next morning at sunrising they would bring some for them; and accordingly the next morning they brought down five women and eleven men, and gave them to the Englishmen to carry with them on their voyage, just as we would bring so many cows and oxen down to a seaport town to victual a ship. |
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