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Showing words for DISTAFF using the English dictionary

7 Letter Words for Distaff

distaff

5 Letter Words for Distaff

adits, daffs, diffs, ditas, faits, fasti, fiats, staff, staid, stiff, tiffs, tsadi

4 Letter Words for Distaff

adit, afft, aids, aits, atis, daff, daft, dais, dasi, dast, dias, diff, difs, disa, dist, dita, dits, fads, fait, fast, fats, fiat, fids, fist, fits, itas, sadi, saft, said, satd, sati, sida, sift, sita, stad, stid, tads, tais, tids, tiff, tsia

3 Letter Words for Distaff

ads, afd, aff, aft, aid, ais, ait, ast, das, dat, dft, dia, dif, dis, dit, fad, fas, fat, ffa, fid, fit, ida, ids, iff, ifs, ist, ita, itd, its, sad, sai, sat, sif, sit, sta, std, tad, tai, tas, tid, tis, tsi

Definitions for Distaff

[1] a staff with a cleft end for holding wool, flax, etc., from which the thread is drawn in spinning by hand.
[2] a similar attachment on a spinning wheel.
[3] Archaic . a woman or women collectively. women's work.
[4] Sometimes Offensive . noting, pertaining to, characteristic of, or suitable for a female. See also distaff side.
[5] the rod on which flax is wound preparatory to spinning
[6] (modifier) of or concerning women offensive to distaff members of the audience

Words related to Distaff

female, muliebrity, femaleness, womanhood, womankind, womanliness, ladylike, maternal, womanish, womanly, muliebral

Words nearby Distaff

dissymmetry, dist., dist. atty., dist. ct., distad, distaff, distaff side, distaffer, distain, distal, distal myopathy

Origin of Distaff

before 1000; Middle English distaf, Old English distæf, equivalent to dis- (cognate with Low German diesse bunch of flax on a distaff; cf. dizen) + stæf staff1

Word origin for Distaff

Old English distæf, from dis- bunch of flax + stæf staff 1 ; see dizen

Synonyms for Distaff

female, femalelike, ladylike, maternal, muliebral, womanish, womanly