muliebrity

“Muliebrity,” Peggy said, reading it from the page.

Muliebrity, mū-li-eb′ri-ti, n. womanhood: effeminacy, softness.—adj.

Apodeictic, muliebrity, mansuetude, even caducity, caliginosity, nitid, agrestic, roborant or vilipend have Latin or Greek roots that are very familiar to me and most high school graduates.

And as Sonia herself was growing up to womanhood, or, in Mr. WATSON'S elegant phrase, "muliebrity claimed her definitely"—well, he is an enviable reader for whom the last page will hold any considerable surprise.

There was a little toss in their movement, full of muliebrity.