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A.Word.A.Day--muliebrity 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. Today's word in Visual Thesaurus 3 (New). "Did anybody glance around the Delta Center during Friday night's first-round IHL playoff game and notice all the muliebrity on hand? Half of the 6,123 spectators in the green seats were wearing heels and perfume." Gordon Monson; Grizz Keep in Touch With Feminine Side; The Salt Lake Tribune (Utah); Apr 19, 1997. "Janie's story of personal growth may be charted as one that travels from mules to muliebrity." Julie A. Haurykiewicz; From Mules to Muliebrity; Southern Literary Journal (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); 1997. This week's theme: feminine and masculine forms of words. X-Bonus I don't mind that you think slowly but I do mind that you are publishing faster than you think. -Wolfgang Pauli, physicist, Nobel laureate (1900-1958)

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