| 单词 | womanish |
| 例句 | Then, old womanish, as if he were, though still spiteful, slightly embarrassed, he got back up onto his treasure pile, stretched out his wings, and settled. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z A small dark man with a womanish voice,” said M. Bouc. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z With a womanish gesture he lifted a lock of silver hair from his forehead and smoothed it back on his head. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z We first hear of the existence of this man—the small dark man with a womanish voice—from the man Hardman. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z “A small man—dark—with a womanish voice,” said Poirot thoughtfully. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z “Do you know of anyone connected with the Armstrong case who answers to that description—small, dark, womanish voice?” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z If I had refused, she would have thought I was trying to be “womanish” and might have remembered St. Louis. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z He was a northerner, with black curls that verged on womanish, an effect he tempered with his carefully tended beard. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z It would be put down as an outside job, and the ‘small dark man with the womanish voice’ would actually have been seen by one or more of the passengers leaving the train at Brod. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z This proposed title and its variations were to her mind, "cheesy, little womanish, cute, amateurish." Flashcards, shoestring budgets and butter: How "The French Chef" came to be 2022-04-02T04:00:00Z Two grisly drawings here depict a later episode of the Horatii story: a brother murders a sister to punish her womanish grief. The Dangerous Beauty of Jacques-Louis David 2022-02-17T05:00:00Z Isabella in Measure for Measure is interesting but, I think, still a victim; she takes a very womanish ethical stance – that of her chastity – to exercise power. Are Shakespeare's women second-class citizens? 2012-07-19T11:09:28Z These women and their womanish ways need to be reined in. ‘Law & Order True Crime’ Season 1, Episode 7: Gender Dynamics 2017-11-08T05:00:00Z It is Anna whose florid, overheated jealousy, fed on fantasies of Vronsky’s infidelity, dooms her to the womanish “lesser states” that Kitamura’s narrator so dreads. Katie Kitamura’s War on Affect 2017-01-29T05:00:00Z Playboys who chased after married women were well known to be womanish themselves. Roman tyrants in all their brutal glory 2015-12-31T05:00:00Z Spinoza claimed that human reluctance to slaughter animals is “founded rather on vain superstition and womanish pity than on sound reason.” Zoo Animals and Their Discontents 2014-07-03T04:00:00Z It was the big man, sitting huddled on the chair, wiping his cheeks, and blowing his nose, who displayed signs of womanish emotion. Mrs. Thompson A Novel 2012-04-25T02:01:10.557Z The domestic rivalry and petty womanish spites and resentments so candidly depicted in this chapter, have actually thrown on the world from that day to this one of its darkest and least hopeful shadows. The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Genesis 2012-04-08T02:00:21.793Z In the background are trees and houses, and under the picture are Latin words signifying, "Not by offerings nor by womanish prayers is the help of gods obtained." Caricature and Other Comic Art in all Times and many Lands. 2012-04-04T02:00:59.277Z Kingston was a young man of moderate height and slender; of a brown complexion, and delicate, almost womanish beauty, his sleepy dark eyes and dainty mustache suggesting a temper rather amiable than firm. The Story of Francis Cludde 2012-03-30T02:00:16.347Z A name of contempt given to a man who interferes with the duties of women in a household, or who occupies himself with womanish matters. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) 2012-03-24T02:00:19.387Z The contrast between this dreamy, superstitious, half-hearted, and almost womanish prince and his successor Guatemozin is splendidly worked out. William Hickling Prescott 2012-03-11T03:00:12.297Z "It is to be hoped that he will have no womanish scruples about capital punishment," I said as if I were incidentally considering the appointment. Laid up in Lavender 2012-02-28T03:00:28.157Z But at sight of the room, womanish panic took her by the throat, and the hysterical fit almost overcame her. The Abbess Of Vlaye 2012-02-19T03:00:15.523Z I think he killed nobody, for his remedies were "womanish and weak." The Cloister and the Hearth A Tale of the Middle Ages 2012-02-17T03:00:30.347Z I wish the same—and, believe me, no womanish weakness on my part shall betray it. The Sylph, Volume I and II 2012-01-09T03:00:19.583Z An almost womanish shyness was in his manner. Gargoyles 2012-01-05T03:00:27.063Z She forgot the high and haughty stare premeditated for the interview, and she crossed to the window, womanly and womanishly alarmed. The Happy Warrior 2011-12-18T03:00:18.863Z "Who lives here, my good people?" he asked in a voice peculiarly sweet and clear; his tone smacked even a little womanish. The Abbess Of Vlaye 2012-02-19T03:00:15.523Z Like another Omphale, she fastened a womanish apron on Hercules, and set him at uncongenial tasks, retrieving butter, milk, salt, and eggs. What Will People Say? A novel 2011-12-17T03:00:18.490Z To be perfect gives her a satisfaction that man will never understand; and, prompted by the constitutional laziness aforesaid, he takes refuge in calling goodness womanish. Atlantic Classics, Second Series 2011-12-09T03:00:20.203Z Slim of figure, with a pale, womanish face lit by large, soft blue eyes, he gave slight physical sign of force or even will. An Ambitious Woman A Novel 2011-11-23T03:00:54.137Z Then, with that degeneration of tissue which sets in with on-coming age, the old man becomes womanish, the old woman mannish. Feminism and Sex-Extinction 2011-11-11T03:00:29.100Z Thou offerest a womanish suspicion that he fled from difficulty here in Judea! Saul of Tarsus A Tale of the Early Christians 2011-10-28T02:00:22.437Z It was what made me cough and sneeze and wink, to keep from the womanish weakness of tears. Daisy the autobiography of a cat 2011-10-25T02:00:24.887Z There is an appearance of weakness about the chin, which is short, and retreats slightly, thus helping to give the entire countenance a womanish look. Cleopatra's Needle A History of the London Obelisk, with an Exposition of the Hieroglyphics 2011-10-19T02:00:21.933Z Halsey vainly tried to check him, and angrily demanded explanation of this womanish conduct. From School to Battle-field A Story of the War Days 2011-10-10T02:00:19.987Z In abnormal states of physical development, men are puerile or womanish. Feminism and Sex-Extinction 2011-11-11T03:00:29.100Z You always was womanish and tender-like; it don't harm anybody, though; none o' the rest in this family are that way. Ann Boyd 2011-09-29T02:00:14.220Z He appeared to have no use whatever for his head: but his long, womanish, restless hands were everlastingly occupied. The Claw 2011-08-31T02:01:30.563Z It was an innocent, in fact a womanish secret; it was simply that sometimes, not very often, he used a little rouge. Jane Oglander 2011-08-30T02:00:38.717Z To succeed doth certainly bespeak some womanish beauty in one—to fail doth mar the play. A Maid of Many Moods 2011-08-23T02:00:27.517Z The other is womanish and pretty; and for the most part frail. Feminism and Sex-Extinction 2011-11-11T03:00:29.100Z These, however, were not womanish tears, but rather such iron tears as ran down Pluto's cheeks. Benjamin Franklin; Self-Revealed, Volume II (of 2) A Biographical and Critical Study Based Mainly on his own Writings 2011-08-16T02:00:39.793Z As every woman despises a womanish man, so every man despises a mannish woman. Increasing Personal Efficiency 2011-07-31T02:00:10.480Z The man who allows himself to be guided by a woman need not become womanish, nor the woman masculine. A Twofold Life 2011-07-21T02:00:21.433Z His hands were soft and womanish in their contour, though they were rather large, nut-brown in color, and had evidently felt, as had his face, the meridian sun. The Coward A Novel of Society and the Field in 1863 2011-07-08T02:00:16.223Z Admirably manly or womanly, they bear but little likeness to the hereditarily-defective or to the artificially-manufactured species—mannish women and womanish men. Feminism and Sex-Extinction 2011-11-11T03:00:29.100Z I must be brief; lest resolution drop Out at mine eyes in tender womanish tears.— Dramatic Technique 2011-07-04T02:00:19.763Z He heard often, indeed, that she had a masculine severity, especially in her dictatorial capacity, but not, however, that she was womanishly inhuman. Titan: A Romance Vol. II (of 2) 2011-06-14T02:00:26.670Z In their embrace, I shall soon forget your womanish legs and your pretty beard. Ancient Manners Also Known As Aphrodite 2011-06-13T02:00:23.863Z I spent in her society every hour she would allow me, and became the slave of each of her pretty, womanish caprices. Donald McElroy, Scotch Irishman 2011-06-04T02:00:12.520Z Otherwise, this third Neuter-gender—mannish women and womanish men—could not have come into being. Feminism and Sex-Extinction 2011-11-11T03:00:29.100Z When tights enter into the problem, there is a vast difference between the womanly woman and the womanish woman. Famous Prima Donnas 2011-05-26T02:00:18.267Z After the manner of the strong women, she bestowed upon her all just praise, without any petty womanish deduction, and wished nothing so much as her restoration and future company. Titan: A Romance Vol. II (of 2) 2011-06-14T02:00:26.670Z Vikings, who have sailed every sea and conquered everywhere, to be swallowed up by this womanish people—never! The Last of the Vikings 2011-05-09T02:00:04.200Z You have fasted and prayed your starved nerves into a fit of womanish hysteria. A Speckled Bird 2011-05-06T02:00:09.097Z So that the more mannish the Feminists become in mode and aim, the more womanish become the Effeminates. Feminism and Sex-Extinction 2011-11-11T03:00:29.100Z He had a curiously womanish face, and, in direct contradiction to his real character, there seemed to be little strength in it. The Story of Lewis Carroll Told for Young People by the Real Alice in Wonderland 2011-04-30T02:00:12.447Z He seemed to have something womanish and tender in his feeble nature which his mother lacked. Petticoat Rule 2011-04-18T02:00:14.507Z All my life I've had a womanish horror of men or animals with their gear out of order. Plain Mary Smith A Romance of Red Saunders 2011-04-09T02:00:09.887Z Don't say it is foolish and womanish, and only hysteria, dear uncle. The Deemster 2011-04-08T02:00:08.197Z This womanish babble did not soothe my ruffled temper, as I told Mr. Butharwick, rudely enough. The MS. in a Red Box 2011-04-07T02:00:20.313Z In my excitement I had forgotten the man's womanish physique, and I had cruelly crushed his hands. First Person Paramount 2011-04-07T02:00:19.233Z I shall never believe that C�cilie belongs to those everyday womanish natures; but if she be really in earnest with this Herr von Wegen, I shall know how to console myself. Withered Leaves. Vol. I. (of III) A Novel 2011-02-25T03:01:10.707Z The warriors, disdaining such an exhibition of womanish curiosity, remained placidly smoking in the sunshine. The Westerners 2011-02-14T03:00:39.347Z Out upon all astrologers, say I. That man is surely womanish who gives credit to diviners, and especially to old Micer Codro. Vasco Nu?ez de Balboa 2011-01-02T03:00:18.200Z You wild, good, noble fellow," he said to himself, "what are you doing in this world of womanish men? Problematic Characters A Novel 2010-12-26T03:00:15.780Z May be so, mistress," said one of the messengers, little affected by these womanish appeals to a clemency which he had no power to show; "but we must do our duty. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 12 In his youth S. Augustine had seen processions of effeminate figures with dripping locks, painted faces, and soft womanish bearing, passing along the streets of Carthage, and begging alms of the crowd. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius He told himself that it was a silly, womanish act, but what did he care? The Cottage of Delight A Novel Not succeeding in that, she made an attempt to be angry with herself, to reproach herself for her womanish weakness, in being frivolous enough to feel flattered by this robbery. In Paradise A Novel. Vol. I. But you see, dear friend, the most annoying part of misfortune is, that it makes even a brave soul weak and womanish. The Children of the World The womanish face under the band of the skull-cap broke into a smile which was not altogether angelic. A Romance in Transit The Jesuit smiled, and waved a plump, womanish hand. The White Plumes of Navarre A Romance of the Wars of Religion She forgot that she had not believed in the reality of this danger, she was possessed by a womanish panic; swayed by it, she quickly drew him within and closed the door. East Angels A murmur of voices followed, and then an almost womanish yell, for Lightning, the favorite, was out in front, and his rider leaned in the saddle with arm suspended and a quirt which never fell. The Garden of Eden Then, in a flash of womanish curiosity, she ventured, "Have you ever thought me anything but a shell of color?" Ewing\\'s Lady He is rational in so far that he will help the abuse of the Municipality, but womanish in his insistence on the excellencies of Calcutta. From Sea to Sea Letters of Travel You are sure you have no womanish qualms in favour of ‘giving them a chance,’ or any madness of that kind?” Renshaw Fanning's Quest A Tale of the High Veldt She sat looking at him; her eyes had a pathetic expression, her womanish fears and her fatigue had relaxed her usual guard. East Angels These are womanish artifices, which you men hold cheaply, of course; but little weapons suit little wars, Sir William, and such are our campaigns. One Of Them Perhaps she was womanish enough to feel annoyed at the manner in which Lucy seemed to appropriate Victor Heron's cause, and womanish enough too to relieve her mind by saying disparaging things of him. The Galaxy, May, 1877 Vol. XXIII.—May, 1877.—No. 5. He started, reddened in his old womanish fashion, and, when he recognized me at last, stood cringing, holding his frowzy hat in both hands with a subservient humility pitiful to see. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 95, September 1865 I dare say I am all the things you say—vain, and womanish, and insolently dissatisfied with myself, and idiotically heroic. Belcaro Being Essays on Sundry Aesthetical Questions "And is so very much learning needed?" asked a womanish voice which yet was a man's, "for the young gentleman who will have lands and servants of his own whenever he wants them?" Maid Sally After guarding marriage with this modesty and reserve, Lycurgus was equally careful to banish empty and womanish jealousy. Greek Women Let her go, and don’t apologize because it’s womanish. Cleek of Scotland Yard Detective Stories He was not slow to feel the change, and it depressed him, 180 and made Barbara wonder at Nanna’s ingratitude and womanish unreason. Prisoners of Conscience In the gathering, some laughed, mimicking the softness of their voices, but others, indignant, compelled silence, overcome by the charm which art, even in this womanish guise, exercised over their uncultured minds. Sónnica He moved awkwardly and yet without noise; there was something very womanish in his figure and gait. Cecilia A Story of Modern Rome Mrs. Sproul straightened her manly back and raised her shrill, womanish voice nervously. Stories of the Foot-hills A handsome face, and a strong one, but for a womanish fulness of the ruddy lips, and a slight lack of firmness about the chin, which was concealed, however, by the luxuriant beard. Stories by American Authors, Volume 10 She did not like to be thought an over-enthusiastic woman—womanish, unused to the world. Stories by American Authors, Volume 8 I kept cursing myself for this womanish indecision; but even that didn't improve matters. The Recipe for Diamonds The intrepid Marshal Biron disgraced his exit by womanish tears and raging imbecility; the virtuous Erasmus, with miserable groans, was heard crying out, Domine! Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 3 Only the loftiness of my ideal saved it from making womanish shipwreck on this episode in its austere voyage towards the realization. Stories by American Authors, Volume 2 The truth is, we were all womanish fellows about a height; and I have 52 myself been put, more than once, hors de combat by a less affair than the rock of Edinburgh Castle. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 20 (of 25) “You consent, then?” he chuckled in his womanish treble. Stories by American Authors, Volume 8 My grief," said the girl, "is utterly silly and—womanish. Seven Keys to Baldpate The lawyer had a great respect for her, and the butler venerated his mistress who was very capable in her own house, but they smiled at her womanish exaggeration, all the same. A Country Gentleman and his Family He had been kind to me as a child; and he said some womanish words to me, and it was excusable in me.” Callista : a Tale of the Third Century Come—give a loose to rage, and feed thy soul With wild complaints, and womanish upbraidings. Percy A Tragedy From his father he had inherited a kind of womanish intuition. Hope Mills or, Between Friend and Sweetheart And one evening he came home in a womanish flurry. The Cup of Fury A Novel of Cities and Shipyards With Lettice he had pooh-poohed her exalted ideas and thought them womanish; in Nan, he was inclined to call them beautiful. Name and Fame A Novel "He will grow up nothing but an ignorant, womanish baby, if you keep him down here among your woods much longer." Angelot A Story of the First Empire Yes, he was womanish, and nothing womanish in a man could ever appeal to the essentially feminine heart of Helen. The Law-Breakers But such a lumbering, vulgar fellow in Miss Barry's dainty, womanish parlor! and he smiled at the thought. Hope Mills or, Between Friend and Sweetheart Never had Nettie been so near breaking down, and falling into sudden womanish tears and despair. The Doctor's Family But he said to himself that he did not mean to yield to womanish whims—he, a man. A Great Man A Frolic For some moments he sat thus, something of his grief easing in the flood of almost womanish tears. The Twins of Suffering Creek The delicate, smooth, whiskerless skin was almost womanish in its texture, and betrayed almost every emotion stirring behind it. The Law-Breakers And his wife was of all women the most womanish. In a Little Town Stupid, vacant, vicious, morose, pretty, sparkling, whatever the face might be, there was that expectation to redeem or enhance it, to make it human, to make it womanish. The Spanish Jade And then it seemed to be borne in upon him that womanish whims needed delicate handling. A Great Man A Frolic Is it all womanish to re-consider And weigh the Consequences of our Actions, Before we desperately rush upon them? Ponteach The Savages of America To him it seemed an extraordinary, womanish perversity that made her cling to a poor creature so obviously a wrongdoer. The Law-Breakers Wegner screamed in pain, a high, womanish sound that made White Bear's ears ring more than the shot had. Shaman How are womanly and womanish discriminated in use? English Synonyms and Antonyms With Notes on the Correct Use of Prepositions The men are much too busy on the land to give material thought to any thing so womanish as a kitchen-garden. The Prairie Child Hippocrates says: "There are likewise among the Scythians, persons who come into the world as eunuchs, and do all the work of women; they are called Enar�ans, or womanish," &c. Notes and Queries A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Geneologists, etc He had big, soft, almost womanish eyes, full of passionate possibilities. The Law-Breakers Her little womanish airs of the last few months, the quaint effort of dignity with which it seemed to have pleased her to add all that was possible to her years, had wholly departed. The Master Mummer Womanly tears would suggest respect and sympathy, womanish tears a touch of contempt. English Synonyms and Antonyms With Notes on the Correct Use of Prepositions A strong spirit, a weak spirit, a womanish spirit—whatever it is! The Brothers Karamazov As it is desirable that man should act a manly and generous part, not "mannish," so let woman be urged to exercise a dignified and womanly bearing, not womanish. History of Woman Suffrage, Volume I Her nature was too strong for the softer, womanish sentiments, stirred in a moment and as easily set aside. The Law-Breakers The mottled tortoise-shell comb in the vender’s black hair, and his womanish draperies, give him a feminine aspect. Tales of the Malayan Coast From Penang to the Philippines When these tears are shed, this womanish passion will be over. Hamlet Some one came forward to meet him—a slim, womanish figure dressed in white. The Doomsman I placed her on one of the seats as soon as I had pulled her out of the water, expecting her to faint, or do some other womanish thing. Seek and Find or The Adventures of a Smart Boy He was fair, with such delicate colouring that he might have looked womanish but for the dark fiery blue of his eyes, and his little curled moustache. Rosin the Beau A man may have several hundred of these ropes on his head all tied together behind, giving a somewhat womanish appearance. Two Years with the Natives in the Western Pacific With a shriek which was womanish in its shrillness, Smith sprang to his feet, all but upsetting the lamp in his violence. 'Me--Smith' But she, with eyes like rain-washed stars, only looked beyond him to where Quinton Edge stood, softly smiling and holding out his womanish white hands. The Doomsman Yet in his heart he admired her the more, 314 because she asked no favors of him and forbore the womanish appeal of tears. Brand Blotters If that was wearing the breeches, I am sure I disgraced them with my worse than womanish fears. Flora Lyndsay or, Passages in an Eventful Life It was not womanish pity for the men who were taken off to work, but regret for the consequent disappearance of immemorial forms of tribal life. Two Years with the Natives in the Western Pacific She was anxious not to betray a womanish fear that he might be getting influenza, as she knew that nothing would annoy him so much as bothering about him. Bird of Paradise Art he thought nasty, literature womanish; he was a Tory, middle-aged and well-to-do. The Land of The Blessed Virgin; Sketches and Impressions in Andalusia As for the epicene bathing—masculine women and womanish males who partake of “sea-bathing by machinery”—separate machines, but that is all—let us ignore them. The Voyage Alone in the Yawl "Rob Roy" The peasant left the tower, and Jaime watched him walking down toward the farmhouse, the points of his kerchief and the womanish mantle he wore over his shoulders fluttering in the breeze. The Dead Command From the Spanish Los Muertos Mandan Englishmen now are proud of being womanish, and nothing is more manly than to weep. The Hero His hand shot out to him with an almost womanish sympathy. The Wind Before the Dawn Nerves, hysteria—any other silly womanish thing a cripple could have. The Rose-Garden Husband His father laid one of his hands on the boy's dark hair and the other beneath the delicately pointed chin, and, turning up the little face towards him, he kissed it with womanish affection. Peter and Jane or The Missing Heir P�p maintained a long silence, one hand beneath his hat and the silk kerchief, which he wore in womanish manner, scratching his crisp gray curls. The Dead Command From the Spanish Los Muertos Mandan “Nor I,” he said, also mimicking a fussy, womanish manner. Patty's Success Griffith raised his bowed head from his hands, his soft, dark, womanish eyes lighting up and his sallow young face flushing. Vagabondia 1884 "The word gos-sip—— "Oh," put in Derrick, "it's a woman's word; but I am in a womanish sort of humor. That Lass O' Lowrie's 1877 I think," replied Wellesley, with a forced smile, "she may have had a womanish feeling of revenge, knowing that Wallingford and myself had—well, both paid a good deal of attention to Mrs. Saumarez. In the Mayor's Parlour Surrounded by an absorbed circle, the v�rro recounted the adventures of these associates in the lands of the negroes, or in countries where men were yellow, or green, and wore long womanish braids. The Dead Command From the Spanish Los Muertos Mandan “You ought to know; probably in the future you will lose interest in such womanish wiles.” The Goose Man The composure which no danger or hatred could ruffle broke down into almost womanish depression at the thought of her coldness or at any burst of her violent humour. History of the English People, Volume VII The Revolution, 1683-1760; Modern England, 1760-1767 Similarly, it is to me a gaping marvel that womanish tongues should hold forth upon subjects which are naturally far outside the radius of their comprehensions. Baboo Jabberjee, B.A. The aid of the Gods is not gained by prayers or womanish supplication. The Roman Traitor, Vol. 2 The men stopped in the doorway to adjust upon their tonsured heads the kerchief worn in womanish fashion under their hats, below which fell long curls over their foreheads. The Dead Command From the Spanish Los Muertos Mandan "Generous or enthusiastic or any of the other womanish adjectives." Floyd Grandon's Honor She's a motherly, womanish child, too, as much so as Hope, in her way. Teddy: Her Book A Story of Sweet Sixteen Those who dared to look in her face saw that the fires of vengeance were consuming all that was womanish in Deesha’s nature. The Hour and the Man, An Historical Romance He was supported by all the great dignitaries and potentates of the Romish Church, "a grotesque company of old womanish old men in gaudy gowns." Fair Italy, the Riviera and Monte Carlo Comprising a Tour Through North and South Italy and Sicily with a Short Account of Malta Nobody cared for him specially, although the soft-voiced man with the small, womanish hands spoke to him often, and always kindly. The Arena Volume 4, No. 23, October, 1891 Others will say that he gave her in marriage to whom it appertained not to do so; but these be all foolish and womanish complaints and proceed from lack of advisement. The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio But then she laid her face against his, in a way that was extremely womanish and not a bit self-asserting. The Gold of Chickaree Yet, I dread thy nature will Grieve more above the blighted name and ashes Which once were mightiest in Assyria—than—— But I grow womanish again, and must not; I must learn sternness now. The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 5 Poetry The homely face reddened more deeply, and the lad's eyes—dull, soft, almost womanish eyes—raised themselves to the speaker's. "Seth" Such womanish weaknesses as shying and starting were far from him, and he regarded the boisterous behavior of locomotives with indifference. Buying a Horse Nay," she answered, deeply sighing, As the maid grew womanish— "Love, how hard have I been trying' To believe the thing I wish! Fringilla: Some Tales In Verse I know you have nothing so womanish as a vinaigrette about you,but womanish things are useful just now and then. The Gold of Chickaree Away with your old womanish fears, your shivering, your timidity, your garrulousness.... Charles Carleton Coffin War Correspondent, Traveller, Author, and Statesman There the great man’s face softened until it became almost womanish in its sympathy. The Red Cross Girls with the Russian Army The martial and the patriotic pieces, on the other hand, were tearful, womanish productions one and all. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 1 (of 25) That was the way—the weak, sentimental, womanish way in which she would reason it out about herself, he supposed ... Play the Game! All the readier, perhaps, he was able to deal with this burst of thoroughly natural passion, thoroughly womanish as it also was. The Gold of Chickaree It was not womanish curiosity—no, no—it was a better feeling, I assure you, which prompted me to put the question.” The Phantom Ship If, Wife and Daughters, either the Danger were so immediate, or the Escape from it so facile as to justify these womanish Clamours, Reason would that I should listen to you. Mary Powell & Deborah's Diary Edwin could see that Dr Heve’s life was a series of little habits which would never allow themselves to be interfered with by any large interest, and he despised the man’s womanish smile. Clayhanger If the woman would but conform and go to church, I hear, her womanish fantasies should very like be overlooked. All's Well Alice's Victory She was answered by taunts at her "womanish weakness," as Lovat called it, and by coarse ridicule of his enemies, with a levity of mind shocking under such circumstances. Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745 Volume II. You, because of many thousand kisses you have read, think me womanish. The Carmina of Caius Valerius Catullus A man could not say this out loud because sentiment was supposed to be essentially womanish. The Master-Knot of Human Fate When I called him by name, as he stood by the bed, counting my languid pulse, the good man turned aside his head to hide the womanish tears that moistened his cheeks. Ernest Linwood or, The Inner Life of the Author Thou art a man—not a youth, neither womanish. The Coming of the King As he took the chair pointed out to him, he was being catalogued by Bristow as showing too much uncertainty, even a womanish timidity. The Winning Clue Or, womanish, do they rest in the common dormitory of a shirt de nuit? Journeys to Bagdad In this one thing old Mother Nature will be whimsical and womanish. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 28, February, 1860 There would be no vain weeping, no womanish wailing in her; her grief was too deep for that. Cobwebs and Cables By some complex, womanish process she had come to believe that on the twenty-first of June Shane, if alive, must come to her. Where the Sun Swings North Don't think me too weak and womanish, after all my solemn promises to be so strong and brave. The Eternal City I don't know his reasons, but he wants to place me in safety; I hate safety, it sounds so womanish. The Loyalists, Vol. 1-3 An Historical Novel To say that Brassfield was an assumed name, an alias, was to shock the girl's womanish conservatism to its very base. Double Trouble Or, Every Hero His Own Villain There is something very human, and particularly womanish, about a motor-car. My Friend the Chauffeur She tied one end to him and the other about her own body in clumsy, womanish knots. Where the Sun Swings North All at once the girl who had been so brave in the great battle of her love became weak and womanish in the moment of her victory. The Eternal City I love the men with women's faces and the women, if possible, with still more womanish expressions. The Little Tea Book And though at moments shudders passed through her body, they were neither shudders of weakness nor womanish horror. The Forfeit But besides a womanish rivalship and envy against the marriage of this princess, she had some motives of interest for feigning a displeasure on the present occasion. The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part D. From Elizabeth to James I. Drink not more than thou canst bear; but put not the horn aside when it is offered thee in measure, lest thou be deemed womanish. The Vikings of Helgeland The Prose Dramas Of Henrik Ibsen, Vol. III. We are all apt enough to become womanish, agitated, or acidulous, according to age and condition, when we are reaping in security the fields cleared, enriched, and planted by a hardy ancestry of pioneers. Germany and the Germans From an American Point of View I inquired with a secret gulp of womanish self-pity. The Prairie Wife "That is womanish; but I am not weak or faint, though." Daisy in the Field Not that she has any of that young lady's delicate changes and complications of character, nor is she even 'almighty womanish.' The Empire Annual for Girls, 1911 Doubtless, what they deemed the womanish or monkish tastes of their young monarch were objects of scorn and ridicule to those hardy thanes, upon whom ignorance lay like a thick garment. Historical Tales, Vol. 4 (of 15) The Romance of Reality Hortense was welcome to the womanish men and the mannish women, to her dandified lieutenant and foreign adventuresses and grand ambassadors, who bought English honour with the smiles of evil women. Heralds of Empire Being the Story of One Ramsay Stanhope, Lieutenant to Pierre Radisson in the Northern Fur Trade He knew that it must be one of the womanish, hysterical, sentimental type of things which he despised. The Butterfly House This time, she could not mistake the signal, and felt her womanish idealism of mining for the hidden vein of heroism both childish and cheapening. The Freebooters of the Wilderness Then this Indian Colonel had taken my fancy, and it had made him sick to see the womanish—he could call it no better, the weak-womanish—way in which I worshipped him. We and the World, Part I A Book for Boys What could have occurred to change this buoyant, joyous, high-spirited trooper all on a sudden into a sighing, moaning, womanish fellow? Foes in Ambush Very womanish, too, was the sweep of the arm outline, and the hand and foot were dainty in the extreme. Wych Hazel It may seem a paradox, but at bottom it is not, that the vitalists should be oppressed, womanish, and mystical, and only the intellectualists keen, argumentative, fearless, and full of life. Winds Of Doctrine Studies in Contemporary Opinion So that was to what her womanish mining for the vein of the ideal heroism had led. The Freebooters of the Wilderness It was a groundless fear, that when the long-sought opportunity came my weak womanish nature would betray me, and I should fail, break down utterly under the crushing weight of tender memories, sacred associations. Infelice I met the cold anger in the womanish eyes as a condemned man might. The Master of Appleby A Novel Tale Concerning Itself in Part with the Great Struggle in the Two Carolinas; but Chiefly with the Adventures Therein of Two Gentlemen Who Loved One and the Same Lady Mr. Rollo, too!—who had praised her 'womanliness'—But with that the womanish element prevailed, and there came a quiver of lip, and for an instant her hands were folded across her eyes. Wych Hazel And in good faith, for aught that I can see, even that same womanish mind of hers is the greatest commodity that men reckon upon in offices of authority. Dialogue of Comfort Against Tribulation With Modifications To Obsolete Language By Monica Stevens They are such pesky womanish things that it's beneath the dignity of a man to bother with 'em. The Golden Bird The Englishmen who live in quiet places have not become cowardly, so far as is ascertained; nor are they liable to womanish panic. The Romance of the Coast There was a womanish vein in the man that he should press me in this fashion for a useless answer. Montlivet "A black character, a womanish character, a stubborn character: bestial, childish, stupid, scurrilous, tyrannical." Prime Ministers and Some Others A Book of Reminiscences I could cry now; my eyes grow womanish, But yet my heart holds out. The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 06 I feel so weak and womanish, I must tell some one. Memoirs of Arthur Hamilton, B. A. Of Trinity College, Cambridge Extracted From His Letters And Diaries, With Reminiscences Of His Conversation By His Friend Christopher Carr Of The Same College Year after year, until his mother died, he never failed in his kindness towards her, and the old dame was wont to express a kind of comic surprise at the womanish demeanour of her son. The Romance of the Coast Then, after a moment, with sudden, womanish curiosity: "How did you know I was singing here to-night?" The Splendid Folly He was a domestic man, much given to superintending himself, duties which were looked upon as women's gear—"A womanish man," said the women. Tales from Many Sources Vol. V This woman's answer suits me, For womanish it is to be from thence. The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 06 But when you kept me cooped within your womb, You palled his generous blood with the dull mixture Of your Italian food, and milked slow arts Of womanish tameness in my infant mouth. The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 07 Jane had not the womanish faculty of thinning every fact or thought that came to her into tears or talk. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science October, 1877. Vol XX - No. 118 A man's falsetto voice is extremely high and womanish, so men should not practise in falsetto after the exercise becomes tiresome. The Art of Public Speaking Your womanish outburst of despairing tears over, a hot fever of restlessness besets you. Idolatry A Romance Then he contemplated his work, and laughed at the weak jaw and the womanish mouth. Marietta A Maid of Venice Now by yon heaven, That blushes at my scarlet robes, I'll doff This womanish attire of godly peace, And cry,—Lie there, Lord Cardinal of Guise. The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 07 "Oh yes," with a shrill womanish laugh, very different from her usual sweet boyish ha! ha! Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science October, 1877. Vol XX - No. 118 Yes, papa; and turning politician on a small, womanish scale. The Lost Lady of Lone It was not, however, a womanish room; there was no slightest hint of femininity in its uncluttered, sane, forceful orderliness. Slippy McGee, Sometimes Known as the Butterfly Man Contarini retired a step as if not daring to defend the prisoner, whose assailant, in spite of his careless and almost womanish tone, was clearly a man of action. Marietta A Maid of Venice At the same time she had a womanish vanity about her admirers, and entire freedom in speaking of them. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 72, October, 1863 How we fill our prayers with womanish shriekings and fears! Expositions of Holy Scripture Ezekiel, Daniel, and the Minor Prophets. St Matthew Chapters I to VIII That was something, even though she went with that absurd, unreasoning, womanish suspicion. The Seeker The remark seemed to him peculiarly womanish and silly. Married Life The True Romance A womanish man whom every true woman must despise! A Friend of Caesar A Tale of the Fall of the Roman Republic. Time, 50-47 B.C. Indeed, there is something about the whole countenance that is a little womanish, though his character certainly presents no appearance of effeminacy. Ancient Egypt Jealousy is a horrible sin, but is always supposed to be a womanish fault, and so an exhibition of folly and weakness. The Religions of Japan From the Dawn of History to the Era of Méiji A lean-locked, womanish countenance; sickly, yet never sick; timid, yet most obdurate; more sly than politic. Henry Brocken His Travels and Adventures in the Rich, Strange, Scarce-Imaginable Regions of Romance He was stout-hearted enough usually; as brave a fellow as one could wish to see; but he felt weak and womanish, and somehow wished it had been he who could play the doctor. A Country Doctor and Selected Stories and Sketches This prohibition, settling on a womanish fancy, might naturally have been expected to operate in a manner the reverse of his intention. Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1 The young man who might be made a little king was not as large as I was myself, and had a delicate and womanish cut of countenance. Lazarre Wilt thou not in silence, ceasing from womanish groans, make up thy mind to what is decreed? The Tragedies of Euripides, Volume I. Paul could not meet the womanish blue eyes turned towards him: he turned abruptly away. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 69, July, 1863 He had heard impractical, womanish men say there was, and try to prove it, only to have their economic throats cut considerably more promptly than any others. The Brimming Cup Then said Thor, the mighty As: "Me the Æsir will call womanish, if I let myself be clad in bridal raiment." The Elder Eddas of Saemund Sigfusson; and the Younger Eddas of Snorre Sturleson We have learned to know her, and expect neither womanish tears nor signs of affection at a crisis which touches her heart less than her self-love. Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Second Series A later poet would have made a womanish Werter out of Nausikaa, for the reason that love with us is nothing more than the prelude to the comedy, or the tragedy, of marriage. Memories A Story of German Love But immediately where necessity urges it,—gradually as confidence inspires it,—ultimately if affection justifies it,—every womanish thing that needs to be done in a man's and a child's neglected lives? The White Linen Nurse But there was no time to lose in womanish terrors; my difficulty and danger were too great. The Doctor's Dilemma Nay, the Seadog of Cowes is no man to be the prey of womanish tremors; he goes gaily like a true Mariner to confront the elements. A Dream of the North Sea In what a shadow or deep pit of darkness Doth womanish and fearful mankind live! Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Second Series One of Pete's slim, womanish hands fluttered up in a movement of arrest. Somewhere in Red Gap But then he thought that there was nothing in the words themselves, and that the odd manner probably sprang simply from fatigue or some other womanish, undivined cause. Flames At this present hour he seemed fleshless; his hair had fallen away from him, and all his virility had withered within that womanish gown, which left him sexless. Abbe Mouret's Transgression Women who lived merely womanish lives, without knowledge of and comradeship with men, seemed to her limited and parochial creatures. The Mating of Lydia That this little fellow with the smooth, girlish face and the small, almost womanish hands and feet should defy him was hard to believe. A Man Four-Square Cæsar also, as it seems, had some suspicion and fear; for he had never before detected in Calpurnia any womanish superstition, and now he saw that she was much disturbed. Plutarch's Lives Volume III. She understood that what her suspicion had affirmed, without actually knowing, was true, and her stormy heart was swept by a whirlwind of jealousy, and of womanish pity for the man she was jealous of. Flames And as she jumped on the pedestal, and saw his face of horror, there was the typical womanish triumph that she had made him feel—would make him feel yet more. The Marriage of William Ashe Victoria guessed, and felt a new and most womanish pleasure in the details of her transformation. The Mating of Lydia Her heart pined for Como and the south; perhaps for the little Duchess, who spoiled and petted her in the common, womanish ways. Lady Rose's Daughter This womanish appeal to his pity had not been at all in her programme. Marcella But he was a soft liver, unpractised in all manly pastimes, and the bow was like iron in his white, womanish hands. Stories from the Odyssey You have seen her daughter, so womanish and tall, though she is only fifteen, haven't you? A Love Episode He was a delicate, feeble boy; not good at work; womanish in his ways; inclined to go in for petty bullying, until a boy showed fight, when he discovered himself to be an arrant coward. Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 4 Sexual Selection In Man One of my men, whom I knew for a womanish fellow, asked if he should put his bayonet through him. The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce, Volume 1 She felt ready to cry; and nothing could have been more womanish than her tone. Marcella With tender embraces, half childish, half womanish, she parted from him. Bracebridge Hall, or The Humorists But still Hilary, with a certain womanish uneasiness about money matters, and an anxiety to have the thing settled beyond doubt, urged him to go. Mistress and Maid No womanish nonsense, too, about this going of his!--though she knew well that it meant fighting. The Testing of Diana Mallory There certainly was a good deal that was womanish in Father Yakov's face: the turned-up nose, the bright red cheeks, and the large grey-blue eyes with scanty, scarcely perceptible eyebrows. The Bishop and Other Stories Yet at the same time, mixed in therewith, a curious strain of womanish, nay childish, weakness, appealingness. Marcella It was a shrill, womanish voice, and as though to mimic it the wind whistled in the chimney on the same shrill note. The Chorus Girl and Other Stories "You left the gun in pledge, you know!" says Semyon in a thin womanish little voice, sighing deeply, and not taking his eyes off the string of bread rings. Love Doris sank back in her chair, watching her, conscious of the most strangely mingled feelings, a touch of womanish triumph indeed, a pleasing sense of retribution, but, welling up through it, something profound and tender. A Great Success Antonym: ineffectual. effeminate, a. womanish, unmanly, cockney.--n. cockney. effervescence, n. ebullition. Putnam's Word Book Nay, but this is but vain and womanish querulousness, and comes of scant consideration. The Decameron, Volume II When she came to him with a bowl of water, soap, and a towel, he loathed the womanish scheme of being washed in bed. The Price of Love He wished that Ralph had not been so womanish, or else that he had more diplomatically concealed his own opinions, to which, indeed, Ralph had admitted his right. A Spinner in the Sun Ah! so you say; but there is, perhaps, a little womanish feeling lurking there. Marriage But Captain Kettle scouts the idea that he was stirred by any such feeble, womanish motives. A Master of Fortune Being Further Adventures of Captain Kettle I am not one of those who ask impertinent questions, more especially under Her Majesty's pennant; for the worst enemy I have will not say I am very womanish. The Water-Witch or, the Skimmer of the Seas But from that she was saved by a score of most womanish, most mundane qualities. Fenwick's Career "These fears are worse than womanish," exclaimed his lady. The Star-Chamber, Volume 1 An Historical Romance "About this matter of the robbery, Sir," says I. He cut me short, peevishly enough,—being naturally a poor, weak, womanish sort of man. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 06, April, 1858 At the moment she felt so alone in the world, in such womanish need of sympathy, that had he whispered to her, "Be my wife," she might have reached out her hands to him. Overland This soothing of him in his dejected moments, and joining thy womanish tears with his, is not the way; I am sure it is not. Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 8 It was womanish in the man, when the life of great nations hung in doubt before them, to go back so constantly to little Floy sitting in the lap of her old black maumer. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 09, No. 54, April, 1862 These seemed to me womanish advices which I should blush to obey. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 09 — Lives and Letters I love the men with women's faces, and women, if possible, with still more womanish expressions. English Prose A Series of Related Essays for the Discussion and Practice She had been womanish and timorous too long; this was the great crisis which would decide her future; she must be worthy of it and of him. Overland He seems often to have warned ladies against this essentially womanish tendency to the sentimental. Tommy and Grizel The rebellion was put down, and put down, we may say, without any unnecessary tenderness, any womanish weakness for the rebels. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 09, No. 54, April, 1862 O this gloomy world I In what a shadow or deep pit of darkness Doth womanish and fearful mankind live! From Chaucer to Tennyson Upon my grandmother's entrance, I intended to rise and make her a very stiff courtesy, and then deliver a series of womanish remarks. A Grandmother's Recollections And almost more harrowing is the vision of the composer, with womanish generosity, giving himself to the one that asked, and finding that love cannot follow the mere placing of a wedding-ring. The Love Affairs of Great Musicians, Volume 2 The door opened slowly under the impulse of the slender womanish hand. The Grafters Always, when a card was sent up, she would gather all her womanish "traps" together and go to Mrs. Keller--this, too, in spite of his earnest invitation to her to remain. Not Pretty, but Precious "Ay, you know how it is in these matters, Miles--somehow, I scarce know why myself, but somehow I feel bloody womanish this evening." Miles Wallingford Sequel to "Afloat and Ashore" But though he has a feminine sensibility, like Correggio or Schubert, nobody could call him womanish. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 27, January, 1860 For there is naught I can tolerate less than womanish weeping, Violent outcries, which only involve in disorder and passion, What with a little of sense had been more smoothly adjusted. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 01 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. Words may be said to "bear a charmed life, that must not yield to one of woman born"—with womanish weaknesses and confused apprehensions. The Spirit of the Age Contemporary Portraits She was not a woman to hesitate at the last moment, unstrung and womanishly trembling because the victim was young, and smiled, and had innocent eyes. Taquisara He had a well-cut nose, a good chin, and a mouth that meant strength of purpose, though some of his friends laughed at him for a "womanish" curve of the upper lip. The Port of Adventure He conceals, under a rough Air and distant Behaviour, a bleeding Compassion and womanish Tenderness. The Spectator, Volume 2. After guarding marriage with this modesty and reserve, he was equally careful to banish empty and womanish jealousy. Plutarch: Lives of the noble Grecians and Romans His feet were effeminately small, and were clad in buff-coloured silk stockings, and little womanish bronze-leather slippers. The Woman in White He was small and very slender and womanish of body and, true to the traditions of young ministers, wore a long black coat and a narrow black string tie. Winesburg, Ohio; a group of tales of Ohio small town life Into the hell of her thoughts flashed a little womanish shame, that she, Frances Waldeaux, should be walking on tiptoe, like a thief. Frances Waldeaux I suppose he thought it was womanish, and a sign of weakness, and so he didn't tell, but I bet anything that he had it—bad! Laddie; a true blue story Nor was he himself without some suspicion and fears; for he never before discovered any womanish superstition in Calpurnia, whom he now saw in such great alarm. Plutarch: Lives of the noble Grecians and Romans You soon learn to pity, and soon to love, her for the sake of her gentle and womanish ways. Eothen, or, Traces of Travel Brought Home from the East O no, not mannish; but so almighty womanish that 'tis getting on that way sometimes. Far from the Madding Crowd She brought her wrapper, loosened her hair, soothing her in little womanish ways. Frances Waldeaux In Lapham's circle of acquaintance they complained when they were sick, but they made no womanish inquiries after one another's health, and certainly paid no visits of sympathy till matters were serious. The Rise of Silas Lapham Fred turned round and hurried out of the room, conscious that he was getting rather womanish, and feeling confusedly that his being sorry was not of much use to the Garths. Middlemarch Oh no, not mannish; but so almighty womanish that 'tis getting on that way sometimes. Far from the Madding Crowd Montignac had the face of a man assuming a character, and awaiting his opportunity, concealing his ambition and his pride, suppressing the scorn that strove to disclose itself at the corners of his womanish mouth. An Enemy to the King You peel like a fighting man, you've a tidy arm an' a goodish spread o' shoulder, likewise your legs is clean an' straight, but your skin's womanish, Barnabas, womanish, an' your muscles soft wi' books. The Amateur Gentleman They paid, each her check, leaving small womanish tips beside their saucers. Star-Dust She hath wit womanish and nimble—" "She smote him in the shadows—" "Most true, friend! Martin Conisby's Vengeance Nothing but waspishly stinging and hurting this great Man-Beast, nothing but defiance of all rules and decorums, nothing but force—of the womanish kind—answering to force, of the masculine kind, could be any use. Delia Blanchflower Not being allowed to be womanish, she could only try once more to be political. Sir George Tressady — Volume I Blue-eyed was Elf the minstrel, With womanish hair and ring, Yet heavy was his hand on sword, Though light upon the string. Georgian Poetry 1911-12 I believe, Miss Fountain"—the colour rushed into his womanish cheek—"you overheard us that evening—you know what I owe to that admirable, that extraordinary man. Helbeck of Bannisdale — Volume II Vivian began to think that she was become less childish, and that there was something of a mixture of womanish timidity in her appearance, which rendered her infinitely more attractive. Tales and Novels — Volume 05 But then it must be remembered that Mr. Sheldon had only summoned the stranger in compliance with what he considered a womanish whim. Birds of Prey Ah!" growled the stockbroker, as he went to his own room, "you are a pack of silly women altogether; and your fine friend Hawkehurst is more womanish than the silliest of you. Charlotte's Inheritance But this was a mere womanish hypocrisy, as the place was spotless, orderly, and in fact quite meticulous in its neatness. Ruggles of Red Gap So she felt no fatigue, and was always ready to chatter to Lucy of the most womanish things. Eleanor Oh, I'm weary of these bickerings; so womanish! The Bacillus of Beauty A Romance of To-day He looked in her face, and saw that her resolution was the fruit of no transient womanish enthusiasm which would give way under the iron hand of difficulty. Lady Audley's Secret "Won't you go fishing?" asked Red Shirt He talks in a strangely womanish voice. Botchan (Master Darling) The Boy did not drop his instrument, but he uttered an almost womanish shriek, and faced round with such a scared white look that the Tenor thought he was going to faint. The Heavenly Twins This Squire Palmer, this perpetual tormentor of the poor distressed debtors of the City, was a cavilling, quibbling, empty-headed, testy, old womanish chap, scarcely worthy to be designated by the title of a man. Memoirs of Henry Hunt, Esq. — Volume 2 Bitterly reproached herself for giving way in Paris to womanish folly; also for deliberately bringing about the morning's explanation. The Mountebank To say any thing which implied censure of his morals or his prudence would be only raising a storm wrhich my womanish spirit could not withstand. Jane Talbot Here he was becoming unjust, irritable, womanish; everything he had always most despised in a man of action. The Gentleman A Romance of the Sea Large, black eyes rested on his; a hand with womanish nails placed its fingers on his wrist. The Desert and the Sown He pulled down his shirt-sleeves, and buttoned them at the wrists, while the tears ran out over his face,—helpless tears, the sign of his womanish tenderness, his womanish weakness. A Modern Instance The two friends would pay each other womanish attentions. Jean Christophe: in Paris The Market-Place, Antoinette, the House When he had used the words, "womanish hysteria," descriptive of the agitation against the railroads, Steve had protested in the only humorous remark he was ever known to make:— "Do I look hysterical, Jack?" Together I must be brief; lest resolution drop Out at mine eyes, in tender womanish tears. The Canadian Elocutionist But above all his tenderness, his womanish consideration and sweetness amazed her. The History of David Grieve Hard stolidity and brutal carelessness shielded him from any 'womanish' tenderness. Expositions of Holy Scripture Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges, Ruth, and First Book of Samuel, Second Samuel, First Kings, and Second Kings chapters I to VII His was a womanish soul with its eternal need of loving and being loved. Jean Christophe: in Paris The Market-Place, Antoinette, the House But out upon these womanish eyes of mine—they could never see swords cross each other without being dazzled. The Fair Maid of Perth Or, St. Valentine's Day They were extremely charming eyes, of some subtly blended colour that was neither slate nor violet, but partook a little of both, and shaded by absurdly long lashes which gave them an almost womanish softness. The Vision of Desire She was capable of sentiment; she had hidden veins of womanish weakness; but at the same time the little creature's prevailing temper was one of remarkable coolness and audacity. The History of David Grieve "I was not busy with my inventions, madama," answered Don Ippolito, who sat in the womanish attitude priests get from their drapery, and fingered the cord round his three-cornered hat. A Foregone Conclusion From his great height and strength, he was easily able to do this, and she struck at him with her little womanish arms as she might against a door. A Mummer's Wife Well, my dear," said the minister, "I should be glad to come out with some womanish ideas if I had them. The Minister's Charge Blind counsel, rash ambition, womanish fears were upon the great statesman and warrior of Rome. The American Union Speaker Thoughts of my wife and the few I loved best made me womanish, but a recollection of the malignant judge hardened me and I clenched my teeth. Prisoner for Blasphemy Fay, with a slight shrug of contempt at such womanish weakness, ran to his assistance. The Claim Jumpers We find, for instance, among them this isolated fragment:-- "A black character, a womanish character, a stubborn character, bestial, childish, animal, stupid, counterfeit, scurrilous, fraudulent, tyrannical." Seekers after God Nothing more distinctly marks the rustic New England civilisation than the taming of its men to the performance of certain domestic offices elsewhere held dishonourably womanish. The Minister's Charge Show such a weak, such a womanish spirit? The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 15, January, 1859 The boy had a winning way with him, and but for his hatred of Victor, who was soft and womanish, but extremely tenacious, Marshall would have liked to have had a hand in his upbringing. The Bars of Iron But I really see no reason to despair, despite your womanish croakings. Aunt Jane's Nieces in Society No, no--I beg your pardon, Nick; I did not mean to accuse you of so womanish a feeling. Wyandotte "A womanish thing to say—I didn't know it myself." The Boss of Little Arcady I am very glad; for, to tell the truth, my love, I fear I should have little patience with womanish caprices. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 15, January, 1859 He had a dull foreboding of the end of the night's battle: before he went to it, he clung with a womanish affection to anything belonging to his home, as this Gaunt did. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 60, October, 1862 Traditions live of desperadoes with exteriors of womanish calm and the action of devils. Gunman's Reckoning In the making of it, the hammer and nails were mine by right of sex, while she stitched in womanish fashion on the fabrics. There's Pippins and Cheese to Come What mean these bloody vows, and idle threats, idle > empty 2 Thrown out from womanish impatient mind? The Faerie Queene — Volume 01 And how my weak, womanish heart thrilled with sympathy to his! The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 15, January, 1859 Such masculinity as he was possessed of was boyish rather than adult, and the most important ingredients in his nature were womanish. Queen Lucia The latter had heard that he made fun of his lectures, and in particular of the sentimental verses with which they were garnished, and which Demonax thought contemptible, womanish, and quite unsuited to philosophy. Works of Lucian of Samosata — Volume 03 He was even cheerful; in the sensation of boundless freedom, of brave and firm conviction of his fearless will, his little, shrunken, womanish fear was drowned, leaving no trace. The Seven Who Were Hanged But, alas! our modern laws, with their womanish feebleness, and sentimental whimperings, sin quite as much against a lofty and noble justice as those of earlier times by their tyrannical and cannibal ferocity. Sidonia, the Sorceress : the Supposed Destroyer of the Whole Reigning Ducal House of Pomerania — Volume 2 They washed his hands, and found them soft and womanish; his pockets contained tooth and nail brushes and a delicate pocket knife. The Life, Crime, and Capture of John Wilkes Booth Sir Fulke's particular charge against his son was a "womanish softness, unworthy his loftier sex!" Thaddeus of Warsaw A Roman senator at Athens once presented his son, who had great beauty of a soft womanish type. Works of Lucian of Samosata — Volume 03 I don't think she did," he declared; "changing her mind wasn't her style; she wasn't one of your weak womanish creatures. The Iron Woman Indeed it impeded rather than aided the action of limbs, which disdained to seek assistance, or admit of restraint from so womanish inventions as stirrups. The Prairie For by his curls and womanish face, no less than the amber cloak with the black bars, I knew him at once for the same I had seen yesterday among the dicers. The Splendid Spur She pushed out the irritating, practical, womanish side of her. Once Aboard the Lugger The other story is illiterate, clumsy, and womanish in structure, but there is a story and a certain raciness. Letters of Anton Chekhov Oh, in a silly, womanish sort of way. Bat Wing But as if to furnish some offset to this solitary submission to a womanish vanity, they were fearfully fringed, from the gartered knee to the bottom of the moccasin, with the hair of human scalps. The Prairie I lead the life you see—a spiritless, womanish life, most men would account it—holding converse with Philosophy, with Plato, with Truth. Works of Lucian of Samosata — Volume 01 Nothing, said she, but womanish curiosity, I'll assure you; for one is naturally led to find out matters, where there is such privacy intended. Pamela, or Virtue Rewarded "Yap; and devils with long sort-of-curly hair, and pretty womanish faces, and voices like molasses." Fran With a short laugh and a casual gesture of adieu he turned, leaving the manager of the Trust staring after him, an astonished pucker upon his womanish mouth, a vindictive glare in his eyes. The Silver Horde It ar' a fact, that some men be so womanish, as to let the young master the old! The Prairie She is sick to death of the morbid introspection and womanish self-consciousness of poets, novelists, and their like. Cashel Byron's Profession All adult males carry arms, and would be held womanish if they were seen unweaponed. Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo Volume 1 Nor am I the man to put up with such womanish humoursomeness. Janice Meredith He was light of complexion; his mouth was small and of a rather womanish appearance, due to the full red lips. The Silver Horde Now I am going to be as direct and straightforward as a man, and not beat around the bush with any womanish finesse. An Original Belle "Who made me a manikin?" he demanded, with womanish fury, a fury that had been striving for utterance these many years. The Ne'er-Do-Well But I have been rarely drubbed and roundly basted, and my poor back and sides are most womanishly tender. If I Were King Both because they were so violent and mourn-full, and because he thought them womanish, though in effect no woman's grief could have had half that despairing force. The Chaplet of Pearls Robin, restraining the emotion that half choked him and threatened to overflow in womanish weeping, went up to her and tried to coax her away from the bedside. Innocent : her fancy and his fact I would not willingly recur to that womanish vision of something may turn up in our favour! The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 4 Educated, soft-spoken, womanish, but the one man on earth I'd hate to be in a dark room with, knives drawn. The River's End He moved away and left the pair together—the mannish woman and the womanish man, looking at each other, the man in admiration and the woman in veiled disdain. If I Were King There was nothing womanish in the hard lines of Gregson's face now. Flower of the North A Modern Romance Poor, conscientious fools, how they whine at times, never thinking how they would let their womanish feelings cheat their creditors. Our World, Or, the Slaveholder's Daughter Eternally, they joked each other about these womanish occupations; but they all kept steadily to it. Angel Island My dear child, believe me, if I was to mention them here, they would sound so chimerical, so womanish, that I should be laughed at for repeating them. The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 1 Her Majesty, however her womanish heart may doubt now, will rejoice when the deed is done. Unknown to History: a story of the captivity of Mary of Scotland Gregson, in strong contrast, with his round, smooth cheeks, slim hands, and build that was almost womanish, leaned over his side to meet him. Flower of the North A Modern Romance Now are you as womanish as your bondmaid. The Thrall of Leif the Lucky A Story of Viking Days Did he cut his white womanish throat with a penknife, or smother himself with charcoal fumes, or light a poisoned candle and let his poor homoeopathic soul drift out dreamily into eternity? St. Elmo She crushed down her womanish fears and rose dauntless to the occasion. The Border Legion With embarrassment which was almost shame—for she despised womanish nervousness—Irene turned towards the fireplace, where chairs invited them. The Crown of Life And with that verily the tears rolled down his cheeks, so womanish had he grown by reason of the sore trials to which he had been put. The Heart's Highway "The Silver-Tongue has been one not apt to speak womanish words," he said, gravely. The Thrall of Leif the Lucky A Story of Viking Days He hated the womanish sensibility which made him suffer so acutely from the grotesque chances of life. The Descent of Man and Other Stories For the good of humanity, this question must be settled once for all; and no womanish reserve should make her shrink from settling it. The Woman Who Did Womanly and womanish are two very different words; but the latter, as the world uses it, has become practically synonymous with the former. The Odd Women The words were spoken with an entire absence of womanish consternation; the voice trembled a little, but for all that there was calm courage in its sound. Demos Lawksamercy, doctor, cried the young blood in the primrose vest, feigning a womanish simper and with immodest squirmings of his body, how you do tease a body! Ulysses She was averse from womanish curiosity in dressing: such things are to be supplied by wealth. Miscellanies Upon Various Subjects "My father does not believe he is a Jew?" said le Bourdon, smiling; willing to commence a discourse, though still determined not to betray a womanish curiosity. Oak Openings If woman is no longer to be womanish, but a human being of powers and responsibilities, she must become militant, defiant. The Odd Women The queen was herself again; she had conquered her womanish fears; she felt herself not only the wife of Frederick, but the sister of the king of England, the mother of the future king. Frederick the Great and His Court When you took your seat with womanish care, lifting your billowy flounces, on the smoothworn throne. Ulysses But she felt a womanish aggrievement at his having left her to undo her own things. Lady Bridget in the Never-Never Land: a story of Australian life Oh, then you are only a womanish hero, after all. The Man of Destiny Watching the intense calm of the grand, rugged face, this stern, weather-worn sailor—this man of superstitious and heathen imaginations—gave way to womanish tears—tears that were the outcome of sincere and passionate grief. Thelma This womanish folly is not exaggerated enough for the men of our time, unless they hang two or three estates upon each ear. L. Annaeus Seneca on Benefits I hope to convince him ere long that I am more than willing to confront him in battle, Oh, how weary is the inactivity to which my mother's womanish fears condemn me! Joseph II. and His Court "It may be womanish," said Sybil, "but it is wise: for what should make us unhappy if not the sense of impending, yet unknown, danger?" Sybil, or the Two Nations That is what I call womanish: it is so like a Frenchman! The Man of Destiny She felt inclined to withhold it, because of the comments; but, remembering that this was womanish, and that Robert's orders to her were to be manly on such occasions, she produced her diary. Foul Play And the poor womanish heart leaned his head on the table, and began to sorrow over his hard fate. Christie Johnstone I have met so many womanish men in this business. A Woman-Hater There was, to my mind, something weak and womanish in the manner in which this Dubourg met the advance which I had made to him. Poor Miss Finch With a womanish tenacity she had fastened to a minor inconsequence of the outrage. Merton of the Movies Cecil laughed a little, but his eyes, as they rested on the lad's young, fair, womanish face, were very gentle under the long shade of their lashes. Under Two Flags All that I intend is not to take it womanishly; but as for not being a woman about it, or about anything, that's simply impossible. Dr. Breen's Practice Yet he never moved his white, delicate, womanish fingers from his forehead, but remained still absorbed, and looked undecided. A Woman-Hater For that was what it came to; and though Verrian tasted a delicious pleasure in the womanish feat by which she overcame her womanishness, he could not puzzle out her motive. Fennel and Rue These seemed to me womanish advices, which I should blush to obey. The Confessions of St. Augustine Nobody ever knew his real name, but they thought he was of Austrian breed, and we called him Marquise because he was so womanish white in his skin and dainty in all his ways. Under Two Flags These lounging beggars, stealthy monks and priests, And womanish patricians filled their place. The Poems of Emma Lazarus, Volume 1 He was comely in a very gentle, almost womanish way; his complexion was fair and delicate, his hair golden, and his eyes of a deep blue. The Sea-Hawk "Your writing is not very womanish," said the colonel, as she gave him his task. Clever Woman of the Family Still he spoke not, and most of all did he avoid the betrayal of a womanish curiosity, by asking questions. The Deerslayer "I know not what was the hour, Martina, and speak no more to me, I pray, of that accursed womanish robe." The Wanderer's Necklace It is not nonsense, but it is "emotional" and it is "womanish." The Forerunner, Volume 1 (1909-1910) Lieders was a womanish, sensitive creature under the surly mask, and he was cut to the quick by his comrades' apathy. Stories of a Western Town "What! are you too a sharer in their womanish fears, Suffolk?" cried Henry. Windsor Castle Nay, Prince, for strong walls do not avail without strong hearts to guard them, and those of the womanish citizens of Zimboe and their hired soldiers are white with fear. Elissa Why, the thing is easy so thou rest true to thyself, and let no womanish fears creep into thy heart. Cleopatra As to being womanish: that word is no longer a term of reproach or belittlement. The Forerunner, Volume 1 (1909-1910) Jeff wondered if he had fainted, or was about to faint,—he had a nervous dread of that womanish weakness,—or if he were really hurt worse than he believed. Jeff Briggs's Love Story Ivanushka, sipping out of her saucer, looked with sly womanish eyes from under her brows at the young men. War and Peace Porfiry whispered, but this time there was not the look of old womanish good nature and alarm in his face. Crime and Punishment Well, I spare his life, though he is weak of me—womanish weak. Cleopatra To be womanish is to be human, and we may now turn round and pitifully dismiss much old world folly and passion as merely "mannish." The Forerunner, Volume 1 (1909-1910) "There isn't one I don't despise for his sickening, foppish, womanish airs." Tales of Trail and Town This seemed a very foolish, womanish question, seeing that he was holding letters in his hand; but he said, "Yes." Openings in the Old Trail The expression of those eyes was strangely out of keeping with his somewhat womanish figure, and gave it something far more serious than could be guessed at first sight. Crime and Punishment Why, it is not manly; 'tis most womanish! Cleopatra To be womanish—and practical—let us repeat, Life is Loving and Giving. The Forerunner, Volume 1 (1909-1910) His understanding had always been dull and feeble; and, such as it was, womanish tremors and childish fancies now disabled him from using it. The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 2 Those old-timers were rather womanish, some of them, he thought. Lost Face “I expect, after all, I am more of a girl than a boy,” feared Tommy: “I seem to have so many womanish failings.” Tommy and Co. Irresolutely—all his gestures seemed dreamy and irresolute—he drew his hand across his eyes—the same white long-fingered, womanish hand which had used to guide Muriel's over the organ keys. John Halifax, Gentleman The men there were soft and womanish—men no longer; the dignity of their sex they rejected; with impure lust they thought to honour the deity. History of Phoenicia And this shall free thee from this present shame, If no inconstant toy nor womanish feare, Abate thy valour in the acting it Iul. Romeo and Juliet She was feeling absurdly womanish just at that moment. All Roads Lead to Calvary Some were most tenderly loved and even kissed extravagantly, as they nestled against the callous bosoms of their masters, gazing fondly at them with womanish eyes, half-grotesque and half-touching. An Iceland Fisherman Soon dawned the bare, hard truth, that my character was too feeble and womanish to be likely to win any woman's reverence or love. John Halifax, Gentleman Yet I have frequently observed in him a womanish weakness at the sight of pain. Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches — Volume 1 The result of the interview with my wife was most satisfactory; the usual womanish questions had been replied to, and hosts of compliments exchanged. The Nile tributaries of Abyssinia, and the sword hunters of the Hamran arabs Their howling roused the rest of the party, and no doubt scared the cougar, for his womanish screech was not repeated. The Last of the Plainsmen Travelling the ways of the world and plucking roadside fruits, for he is no home-bred and womanish stripling. The Path of the King When he talked and smiled there was something womanish, timid, and meek about his puffy, shaven face and his whole figure. The Witch and other stories The restless, rackety, bounceable Mr. James Smith felt a contempt for the weak, womanish, fiddling little parson, and, what was more, did not care to conceal it. The Queen of Hearts In helpless gratitude, even for so little as her pity, he stood looking at her, and wept the silent, womanish tears that fall from old men's eyes. Armadale She has her gifts, too, it is true; but they are not rude like ours, but gentle and womanish, as they ought to be. Pathfinder; or, the inland sea He had been a comfort to her, for he had been quick to learn and had a strange womanish tenderness in his ways. The Path of the King The bailiff's puffy face turned crimson and took a dejected, womanish expression. The Witch and other stories Many of them despised the Aztecs as a womanish people of the plains and the lakes, a people of commerce. Montezuma's Daughter Blue-eyed was Elf the minstrel, With womanish hair and ring, Yet heavy was his hand on sword, Though light upon the string. The Ballad of the White Horse Never more should needle and thread tempt her to a womanish inactivity. A Book of Scoundrels Search everywhere for a poor weak womanish creature, with rings on his little white hands. I Say No It was impossible for Mercy to look at them, as she was looking now, without drawing the inevitable comparison between the manly force and dignity of Julian and the womanish malice and irritability of Horace. The New Magdalen I think thou wouldst lie on my threshold and watch the whole night through, if I should need it; but I have given way to womanish vapours too much—I must go and be alone. A Lady of Quality Sure, he does not; He never was so womanish. King Henry VIII This woman's answer sorts, For womanish it is to be from thence. Troilus and Cressida Hold thy desperate hand: Art thou a man? thy form cries out thou art; Thy tears are womanish; thy wild acts denote The unreasonable fury of a beast; Unseemly woman in a seeming man! Romeo and Juliet I must be brief, lest resolution drop Out at mine eyes in tender womanish tears.— King John "They will come as it is," the Duke repeated with an almost womanish insistence, persisting in believing what he hoped, all evidence apart. Mistress Wilding His face was handsome, almost to the extreme of womanish delicacy. Rienzi, Last of the Roman Tribunes To disentangle one clear wish Not of her sex, she sought; And womanish to womanish Discerned in lighted thought. Poems — Volume 2 And this shall free thee from this present shame, If no inconstant toy nor womanish fear Abate thy valour in the acting it. Romeo and Juliet "I think he killed nobody, for his remedies were womanish and weak." The Cloister and the Hearth His eyes were fastened in an unseeing stare on her white, womanish calves; he looked neither to right nor left. A Voyage to Arcturus A man, save he be fat, i.e., of womanish contours, usually looks better in uniform than in mufti; the tight lines set off his figure. In Defense of Women He was a small man, very pale, with a gentle almost womanish air. Secret Adversary They put away all the softness and lightmindedness of women, and inured their womanish spirit to masculine ruthlessness. The Danish History, Books I-IX |
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