womanproof

English

Etymology

woman +‎ -proof

Adjective

womanproof (comparative more womanproof, superlative most womanproof)

  1. (chiefly humorous) Resistant to women or their romantic appeal.
    Synonym: girlproof
    • 1938, Julian Duguid, Father Coldstream, page 148:
      But Father Coldstream, the climate notwithstanding, was absolutely womanproof. The College at Loyola had taught him, not to fear them exactly, but to observe them with detachment as one studies the works of a machine.
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