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Mu`li*eb"ri*ty
(mū`l&ibreve;*&ebreve;b"r&ibreve;*t&ybreve;),
n. [L. muliebritas, fr. muliebris
belonging to a woman, fr. mulier a woman.] 1.
The state of being a woman or of possessing full womanly powers;
womanhood; -- correlate of virility.

2. Hence: Effeminancy; softness.

||Mu"li*er (?), n. [L., a woman.]
1. A woman.

2. (Law) (a) Lawful
issue born in wedlock, in distinction from an elder brother born of
the same parents before their marriage; a lawful son.
(b) (Civ. Law) A woman; a wife; a
mother. Blount. Cowell.

Mu"li*er*ly, adv. In the manner or
condition of a mulier; in wedlock; legitimately. [Obs.]

Mu"li*er*ose` (?), a. [L.
mulierosus.] Fond of woman. [R.] Charles
Reade.

Mu`li*er*os"i*ty (?), n. [L.
mulierositas.] A fondness for women. [R.


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