February 15, 2005

Word of the Day (Wordsmith, 2/15/05)

muliebrity (myoo-lee-EB-ri-tee) noun

Womanly qualities; womanhood; femininity.

[From Latin muliebritas (womanhood), from muliebris (womanly), from mulier
(woman).]

Virility is the masculine equivalent of the term.

Posted by Orrin Judd at February 15, 2005 6:12 AM
Comments

When I read it the first time, I pronounced it "mule-eb-ri-ty." Say, wait a minute, there's a word there that's waiting to be coined:

mule*eb*ri*ty n. -- a celebrity person who identifies ideologically with the Democratic Party.

Posted by: Mike Morley at February 15, 2005 8:26 AM

Is this the source of the word "mewling?"

Posted by: bb at February 15, 2005 11:15 AM

The bigger question is why this word isn't nearly as well known as virility.

Posted by: Jeff Guinn at February 15, 2005 7:51 PM
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