muliebrity

Meaning

Noun

• The state or quality of being a woman; the features of a woman's nature; femininity, womanhood.
• The state of attainment of womanhood following maidenhood.
• The state of puberty in a female.

Origin

• From Late Latin muliebritās ("womanhood; womanliness"), from Latin muliēbris ("feminine, womanly") + -tās; or from muliēbris -ity; compare Middle French muliebrité. Muliēbris is derived from mulier (from mollior, comparative form of mollis, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *mel- ("soft; tender; weak")) + -brīs.