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The state of being and old woman; old-womanishness; dotage. "Marks of anility." Sterne.

an who interferes with the duties of women in a household, or who occupies himself with womanish matters.

of the hereditary classes into which the Hindoos are divided according to the laws of Brahmanism.

man, such as softness, luxuriousness, delicacy, or weakness, which is unbecoming a man; womanish delicacy or softness; -- used reproachfully of men. Milton.

ic of a woman, as delicacy, luxuriousness, etc.; soft or delicate to an unmanly degree; womanish; weak. The king, by his voluptuous life and mean marriage, became effeminate, and less sensible of honor. Bacon. An effeminate and unmanly foppery. Bp. Hurd.

In an effeminate or womanish manner; weakly; softly; delicately. "Proud and effeminately gay." Fawkes.

Effeminacy; womanishness. [Obs.] Bacon.

Of or pertaining to a woman, or to women; characteristic of a woman; womanish; womanly. Her letters are remarkably deficient in feminine ease and grace. Macaulay.

The quality of being feminine; womanliness; womanishness.

To make womanish or effeminate. Dr. H. More.

The religious doctrines and rites of the Hindoos; Brahmanism.

A humanist. [Obs.] B. Jonson.

enial of the divine origin and infallibility of the Vedas. It is intermediate between Brahmanism and Buddhism, having some things in common with each.

Any species of the genus Manis, or family Manidæ.

Having qualities becoming to a man; not childish or womanish; manlike, esp. brave, courageous, resolute, noble. Let's briefly put on manly readiness. Shak. Serene and manly, hardened to sustain The load of life. Dryden.

Any one of several species of Manis, Pholidotus, and related genera, found in Africa and Asia. They are covered with imbricated scales, and feed upon ants. Called also scaly ant-eater.

The long-tailed pangolin (Manis tetradactyla); -- called also ipi.

A priest of Shamanism; a wizard among the Shamanists.

Of or pertaining to Shamanism.

to the Teutons; a Teutonic idiom, phrase, or expression; a Teutonic mode or custom; a Germanism.