womman
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Middle English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- woman, wommane, womane, womanne, wommon, womon, wommone, woymon, wouman, wimman, wymman, wimmane, wymmanne, wiman, wyman, wimon, wimmon, wimmonne, wymmone, wumman, wuiman, waman, wemon, whoman, wifman, wifmanne, wyfman, wyfmanne, wifmon, voman, vomman, vymman, vifman, vyfman, wman, wmmon, wmmone, ummanne
Etymology[edit]
From Old English wiman, wimman, wīfmann (“woman; female servant”, literally “female person; female human being”), equivalent to wife + man.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
womman (plural wommen)
- An female adult person; a woman.
- The female sex in general.
- The state of being a woman; womanhood.
- South English Legendary: St. Lucy
- hire to wommane brouȝte
- South English Legendary: St. Lucy
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References[edit]
- “womman, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-06.