womanize

  • 1Womanize — Wom an*ize, v. t. To make like a woman; to make effeminate. [Obs.] V. Knox. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 2womanize — wom an*ize, v. i. To seek the company of women with unusual frequency, especially for purposes of sexual intimacy. Syn: womanise. [PJC] …

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  • 3womanize — (v.) 1590s, to make effeminate, from WOMAN (Cf. woman) + IZE (Cf. ize). Sense of to chase women, to go wenching is attested from 1893. Related: Womanized; womanizer; womanizing …

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  • 4womanize — (Amer.) wom·an·ize || wÊŠmÉ™naɪz v. chase women; commit adultery; make or turn effeminate (also womanise) …

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  • 5womanize — (also womanise) ► VERB ▪ (of a man) enter into numerous casual sexual relationships with women. DERIVATIVES womanizer noun …

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  • 6womanize — [woom′ənīz΄] vt. womanized, womanizing to make effeminate vi. to be sexually promiscuous with women womanizer n …

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  • 7womanize — verb ( ized; izing) Date: 1593 transitive verb to make effeminate intransitive verb to pursue casual sexual relationships with multiple women • womanizer noun …

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  • 8womanize — /woom euh nuyz /, v., womanized, womanizing. v.t. 1. to make effeminate. v.i. 2. to pursue or court women habitually. Also, esp. Brit., womanise. [1585 95; WOMAN + IZE] * * * …

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  • 9womanize — verb To seduce women, especially lecherously …

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  • 10womanize — Synonyms and related words: be promiscuous, castrate, chase women, commit adultery, debauch, demasculinize, dissipate, effeminate, effeminatize, effeminize, emasculate, fool around, fornicate, geld, grovel, mess around, philander, play around,… …

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