womenkind
(ˈwɪmɪnkaɪnd)
[f. as prec. + kind n. Cf. men-kind.]
1. = womankind 1.
| 1387 Trevisa Higden (Rolls) VI. 335 Þis pope is nouȝt i-rekened in þe book of poopes for he was of wommen kynde. 1577 Grange Golden Aphrod. F ij, I can not for thy sake but say and thinke well of all womenkinde. 1611 Beaum. & Fl. Philaster iii. i, 'Tis the truth that all womenkind is false. 1652 H. L'Estrange Amer. no Jewes 26 A curse entailed upon Eve, and all women kind ever since. 1694 Salmon Bate's Dispens. (1699) 599/2 It..cures the Green⁓sickness in Virgins, and most Diseases of the Womb in Women-kind. |
| 1880 Blackmore Mary Anerley xxxvi. II. 300 The women⁓kind always do think that. 1883 Harper's Mag. Mar. 539/1 The..foot-warmers..used by all womenkind in Dutch churches. 1889 Mrs. E. Kennard Landing a Prize i. (1891) 1 This behaviour disgusted Mr. Bousfield with womenkind. |
† b. = womankind 1 b.
Obs.| 1571 Grindal Injunct., Laity §10 Their children and seruaunts both menkinde and womenkinde. 1588 in Wadley Notes Wills Bristol (1886) 255 [Every servant] bothe men kinde and wemen kinde. 1596 Dalrymple tr. Leslie's Hist. Scot. ii. (S.T.S.) I. 133 Gif the king left successione behind him vndir xiiii ȝeiris in menkynd, and xii ȝeiris in womenkynd. |
2. = womankind 3.
| 1648 R. Josselin Diary (Camden 1908) 59 Some of the women⁓kinde of the parrish. 1674 [see men-kind]. 1852 Miss Mulock Agatha's Husb. xiii. (1875) 159 The old gentleman evidently took a secret pride in his womenkind. 1905 W. B. Boulton Gainsborough 328 The patronage of gentlemen and their womenkind alone enabled him to live. |