unmanliness en · NOUN
Etymology
Etymology tree English unmanly Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English unmanliness From unmanly + -ness.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) The property of being unmanly; sissiness.
Reproaching me as bastard, captive-born, Who, in my coward, base unmanliness Abandoned thee, Ο Aias, […]
1878, Edward Hayes Plumptre, transl., Aias, lines 1015–1017:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| unmanlinesses | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
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Translations (5)
fi epämiehekkyys (the property of being unmanly) · grc ἀνανδρία (the property of being unmanly) · ur نامردی (the property of being unmanly) · hu férfiatlanság (the property of being unmanly) · ga mífhearúlacht (the property of being unmanly)