Distaff
Synonyms for distaff
adj feminine
female
ladylike
maternal
womanish
womanly
femalelike
muliebral
Synonyms
noun femininity
muliebrity
femaleness
womanhood
womankind
womanliness
Usage Notes
A distaff is the stick onto which wool or flax is wound in spinning. Since spinning was traditionally done by females, distaff took on figurative meanings relating to women or women’s work. In the sense of “female,” the noun distaff is archaic, but the adjective is in current use: distaff chores, a distaff point of view; the distaff side of the family. Women who find the term offensive are probably aware of its origin in female stereotypes. Another current use of the adjective is in reference to horses: a distaff race is for fillies or mares.
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