The English term "man" (from Proto-Germanic mannaz "man, person") and words derived therefrom can designate any or even all of the human race regardless of their gender or age. This is indeed the oldest usage of "man". In Old English the words wer and wyf (also wæpman and wifman) were what was used to refer to "a man" and "a woman" respectively, and "man" was gender neutral. In Middle English man displaced wer as term for "male human", whilst wyfman (which eventually evolved into woman) was retained for "female human". "Man" does continue to carry its original sense of "Human" however, resulting in an asymmetry sometimes criticiz ...

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The English language's original word for "woman" was Old English wīf, akin to German Weib; it later became the modern word "wife." The modern word "woman" etymologically derives from wīfmann, with the addition of mann, "person", from Germanic mannaz. This formation is peculiar to English. The equivalents for "man" in Old English were wer (a cognate of Latin vir, "man") and wǣpnedmann, literally "weaponed person". As previously mentioned, the term man continues to carry its original sense of "Human", though this usage results in an asymmetry which is ...

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A woman is an adult female human, as contrasted with a man (an adult male), and a girl, (a female child). The term woman (irregular plural: women) is used to indicate biological sex distinctions, cultural gender role distinctions, or both. Woman - Etymology. The English term "man" (from Proto-Germanic mannaz "man, person") and words derived therefrom can designate any or even all of the human race regardless of their gender or age. This is indeed the oldest usage of "man". In Old Englis ...

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A man is a male human adult, in contrast to an adult female, which is a woman. The term man (irregular plural: men) is a term used to indicate either a person generally, or a male person specifically. Man - Etymology. The term "man" (from Proto-Germanic mannaz "man, person") and words derived from it can designate any or even all of the human race regardless of their gender or age. This is indeed the oldest usage of "man". The word developed into Old English man, mann "human bein ...

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Bukkake is a group sex practice wherein a series of men take turns ejaculating on a woman. There are strong overtones of erotic humiliation in this practice. Usually in bukkake videos, a woman will sit and allow a group of men (sometimes more than a dozen) to come up to her and openly masturbate until they ejaculate on her body (usually on her face and mouth). The woman leaves the semen on her face as another man comes to repeat the routine. Often the scene ends with the woman swallowing the semen gathered. Producers of these films of ...

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In Gallo-Roman religion, Artio was a goddess of the bear, and was worshipped at Berne, which actually means "bear". Artio - Representations. A bronze sculpture from Muri, near Berne in Switzerland shows a large bear facing a woman seated in a chair, with a small tree behind the bear. The woman seems to hold fruit in her lap, perhaps feeding the bear. (Deyts p.48, Green pp.217-218). The sculpture has a large rectangular bronze base, which bears an inscription. Artio - Inscriptions. < ...

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Amenorrhoea (BE) or amenorrhea (AmE) is the absence of a menstrual period in a woman of reproductive age. Physiologic states of amenorrhoea are seen during pregnancy and lactation (breastfeeding). Outside of the reproductive years there is absence of menses during childhood and after menopause. Amenorrhoea - Etymology and definition. The term is derived from Greek: a = negative, men = month, rhoia = flow. Derived adjectives are amenorrhoeal and amenorrheic. The oppo ...

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A toque (pronounced /tok/; for /tuk/ see "Canadian variant" below) is a type of hat with a narrow brim or no brim at all. They were popular from the 13th to the 16th century in Europe, especially France. Toque - Etymology. Word known in English kind since 1505, from Medieval French toque (15th century), presumably from the old Spanish toca "woman's headdress," possibly from Arabic *taqa, from Old Persian taq "veil, shawl." Toque - Culinary use. A t ...

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A lady is a woman who is the counterpart of a lord; or, the counterpart of a gentleman. The term Lady can be used as a title. Lady - Etymology and usage. The word comes from Old English hlaifdige; the first part of the word is laif, loaf, bread, as in the corresponding hlaford, lord; the second part is usually taken to be from the root dig-, to knead, seen also in dough; the sense development from bread-kneader, bread-maker, to the ordinary meaning, though not clearly to b ...

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(Greek αρετη; Latin virtus) Virtue is moral excellence of a man or a woman. The word is derived from the Greek arete (αρετη). As applied to humans, a virtue is a good character trait. The Latin word virtus literally means "manliness," from vir, "man" in the masculine sense; and referred originally to masculine, warlike virtues such as courage. In one of the many ironies of etymology, in English the word virtue is often used to refer to a woman's chastity. Virtue can also be meant in another way. V ...

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In Welsh mythology, Blodeuwedd is the later name of Blodeuedd, a woman made from flowers. Her story is part of the Fourth Branch of the Mabinogion, the tale of Math son of Mathonwy. Lleu Llaw Gyffes has been placed under three geases by his mother Arianrhod, one of which is that he cannot have a wife of human kind. To circumvent this, Math and Lleu's uncle Gwydion create Blodeuedd from flowers and she marries Lleu. Blodeuedd has an affair with Goronwy and they plot to kill Lleu. Lleu can only be killed under certa ...

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Helen (Ἑλένη) was the wife of Menelaus and reputed to be the most beautiful woman in the world; her abduction by Paris brought about the Trojan War. Helen - Etymology. The name has been compared to Vedic Saraṇyū, daughter of Tvastar, who is abducted in RV 10.17.2; the name may then be from a PIE root *sel "to elope" and go back to a Proto-Indo-European abduction myth. The name is in any case unrelated to Hellenes, as is sometime ...

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In Norse mythology, the dísir (sing. dís) are a collective of divine female beings of whom little is known with certainty except that they are mentioned in concurrence with death and demise. Dís is believed to correspond to the idisi mentioned in the Old High German Merseburg Incantations as well as to ides, a poetic Anglo-Saxon synonym for "woman." Possibly, it is also etymologically related to the dhísanas, a group of female deities in the Yajur Veda. Dís could be u ...

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In Celtic mythology, Arduinna was the eponymous goddess of the Ardennes forest. Her cult thus originated in the Ardennes, which derived its name from her. She was assimilated to the Roman Diana. Arduinna - Statues. Green (1986, p.180) states that some depictions of Arduinna show her riding a boar. However, Deyts (1992, pp.46-47) notes that the bronze Gallo-Roman statue of a woman in a short belted tunic, riding a boar sidesaddle and holding a knife (Boucher fig.292), bears no inscription, and was simply ass ...

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A girl is a young female human, as opposed to a boy, a young male human. The age at which a female person transitions from girl to woman varies in different societies, typically the transition from adolescence to maturity is taken to occur in the late teens. The English word from 1290 designated a child of either sex. During the 14th century its sense was narrowed to specifically female children. Subsequently, it was extended to refer also to mature but unmarried young women since the 1530s. Usage in the sense of (romant ...

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A Chicano or Chicana is a term used to indicate an identity held by some persons of Mexican descent living in the United States. Often times, it refers to a first or second generation Mexican-American living in an urban, Mexican-American immigrant community, where there exists the strong ethnic consciousness of being "Mexican-American". It is considered a term of ethnic pride, though not all Mexican-Americans proud of their heritage necessarily consider themselves Chicano. A woman of this category is usually named by the femini ...

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Sita (Sanskrit सीता Sītā) is the wife of Rama, the Seventh Avatara of Vishnu, and is esteemed an examplar of womanly and wifely virtue. According to Hindu belief, Sita was an Avatara of Lakshmi, Vishnu's female form and His Eternal Consort, who chose to reincarnate herself on Earth as Sita, and endure an arduous life, in order to provide humankind an example of such virtues. Just as Rama, the Mariyada Purshottama, examplifies the perfect man, Sita exemplifies the perfect woman. Sita Devi - ...

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This article is about the word were. There is also a style of Muslim religions music called were. Were and wer are archaic terms for adult male humans and were often used for alliteration with wife as "were and wife". Another like pair in older English was "groom and girl". Since wife originally meant any female, bride was the more natural term for a married woman. The word world is derived from the words wer and yld (lifetime; cognate to English old), ...

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Hieros Gamos or Hierogamy means a coupling (sometimes marriage) of a god and a man or a woman, often having a symbolic meaning. It is an ancient ritual in which participants believed that they could gain profound religious experience through sexual intercourse. Participants assumed characteristics of deities, often channeling the deities in question, and by their union provided symbolic and literal fertility for themselves, the land, and their people. This was often done by ...

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