noun
Meaning 1
The quality of being girlish.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Meaning relationships
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Standard Lemma guide
girlishness
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noun
Meaning 2
Girlish behaviour.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 3
being characteristic of a girl
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: femininity, muliebrity
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English girlish 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 girlishness From girlish + -ness.
Across languages
Translations
5 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- German: Mädchenhaftigkeit — quality of being girlish
- German: mädchenhaftes Aussehen — quality of being girlish
- German: mädchenhaftes Wesen — quality of being girlish
- Polish: babskość — quality of being girlish
- Polish: babstwo — quality of being girlish