unmanning - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
English
Verb
unmanning
- present participle and gerund of unman
Adjective
unmanning (comparative more unmanning, superlative most unmanning)
- That destroys manly virtues or qualities; that renders effeminate or helpless.
- ✤ Blanford did not see quite how; but her sweet enthusiasm was so warming, and the tang of her kiss so unmanning that he found himself nodding agreement.1
Noun
unmanning (plural unmannings)
- The removal of manly qualities.
- ✤ Schreber’s transformation into a woman begins internally, in terms of thoughts and sensations and nerves. Only then does it begin to manifest itself externally. In this respect, Schreber mentions two brief unmannings in the asylum.2
Etymology
From unman + -ing.
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