Word of the Day: FEMINARY


ETYMOLOGY
from Latin femina (woman, feminine) + -ary


EXAMPLE
“…and not (lest any bodie should be deceiued) a softnesse, a feminarie, sottish calmenesse and vitious facilitie, whereby a man delighteth to please all, and not to displease or offend any, although he haue a iust and a lawfull cause…”

From: Of Wisdome,
By Pierre Charron
Translated by S, Lennard, 1630

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