Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

womanchild

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: wom-an-child
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An immature woman.

Example Sentences

"Where the Henley heroine comes across as an awkward, desperate, emotionally battered womanchild, the knockoff's simply dumb, needy, and infantile."

Etymology

From woman + child.

Inflected Forms

womanchildren (plural) womenchildren (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

manchild

Questions

What does womanchild mean?: An immature woman.
Where does womanchild come from?: From woman + child.

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