unwomanlike

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

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adj

"Madame Calderon's description of a bull-fight in the country is equally spirited and unwomanlike. Even the little pity vouchsafed has the air of being thrown in for decency's sake."
"In 7.69, Martial portrays Theophila, the “god-loving” intellectual and fiancée of the Roman Canius, as even more Atticized than Epicurus and the Stoics, even more unwomanlike in her tastes than the poets Sappho and Panaetis."

From un- + womanlike.

more unwomanlike (comparative) most unwomanlike (superlative)

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