enwoman

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English

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Etymology

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From en- +‎ woman.

Verb

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enwoman (third-person singular simple present enwomans, present participle enwomaning, simple past and past participle enwomaned)

  1. (transitive) To endow with the qualities of a woman; to make womanly
    • 1592, Samuel Daniel, Delia:
      Grace which doth more than Enwoman Thee
    • 2008, Baz Dreisinger, Near Black: White-To-Black Passing in American Culture[1], Univ of Massachusetts Press, →ISBN, page 83:
      She is "one of the most enwomaned women I've seen, a brunette of eternity incomprehensibly beautiful"

Synonyms

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References

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enwoman”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

  • Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia, Vol. III, Page 1959, enwoman