Man quits job over bad woo

[John V]

I'm looking at one right now...

"(of a man) having or showing characteristics regarded as typical of a woman; unmanly."

Yep, the definitions generally note that it's used of a man for the first definition, and give a second which applies to inanimate objects.

And that's all it says before it goes into origins and alternate forms.

The etymology being "to make a woman of," which of course indicates it's referring to a man.

It's been used for many a year TYPICALLY for males (and inanimate objects)...

Yep, just like I said.

but it's base use has always existed,

Base being to make a woman of, as noted above.

and it's being increasingly used by butch ladies into other butch ladies as a put-down for 'lipstick lesbians'.

Special usage by a tiny minority.

Again, I intentionally put foppish in there for you to have a field day with, and you ignored it I totally agree that its usual usage is "(of a man)"... but that doesn't stop me from recognizing its use outside of such

I know. Nothing stops you from using a word - e.g. woman or feminine - outside of its commonly understood meaning.