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Answer for the clue "Old-womanish quality ", 7 letters:
anility

Word definitions for anility in dictionaries

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Anility \A*nil"i*ty\, n. [L. anilitas. See Anile .] The state of being and old woman; old-womanishness; dotage. ``Marks of anility.'' --Sterne.

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. The condition of being anile.

Usage examples of anility.

This colossus of cunning and corruption had employed all his powers of mind, and all the resources of mimicry, to affect the surprise and anility of an innocent man, while giving the lawyers the spectacle of his sufferings.