1946, Bertrand Russell, History of Western Philosophy, I.20:Friends are a comfort in misfortune, but one should not make them unhappy by seeking their sympathy, as is done by women and womanish men.
1982, Lawrence Durrell, Constance, Faber & Faber 2004 Avignon Quintet, p. 753:Perhaps he did too, for he turned scarlet and turned his face away to the wall, with a womanish gesture of shyness.
Carried out by or pertaining to a woman. from 14th c.
1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.7:And gan recomfort her in her rude wyse, With womanish compassion of her plaint, Wiping the teares from her suffused eyes ....
