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adjective
1.
pertaining to a woman or girl: feminine beauty; feminine dress.
2.
having qualities traditionally ascribed to women, as sensitivity or gentleness.
3.
effeminate; womanish: a man with a feminine walk.
4.
belonging to the female sex; female: feminine staff members.
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Femininely
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Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English < Anglo-French, Old French: feminine of feminin < L of fēminīnus, equivalent to fēmin(a) woman (see fetus) + -īnus -ine1
1350–1400; Middle English < Anglo-French, Old French: feminine of feminin < L of fēminīnus, equivalent to fēmin(a) woman (see fetus) + -īnus -ine1
Related forms
fem·i·nine·ly, adverb
fem·i·nine·ness, noun
an·ti·fem·i·nine, adjective
an·ti·fem·i·nine·ly, adverb
an·ti·fem·i·nine·ness, noun
EXPANDhalf-fem·i·nine, adjective
hy·per·fem·i·nine, adjective
hy·per·fem·i·nine·ly, adverb
hy·per·fem·i·nine·ness, noun
o·ver·fem·i·nine, adjective
o·ver·fem·i·nine·ly, adverb
pseu·do·fem·i·nine, adjective
su·per·fem·i·nine, adjective
ul·tra·fem·i·nine, adjective
un·fem·i·nine, adjective
un·fem·i·nine·ly, adverb
COLLAPSECan be confused: 1. female, feminine (see synonym note at female); 2. effeminate, effete, feminine, womanish, womanly (see synonym note at womanly).
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Word Origin & History
feminine
late 14c., "of the female sex," from O.Fr. feminin, from L. femininus "feminine" (in the grammatical sense at first), from femina "woman, female," lit. "she who suckles," from base of felare "to suck, suckle" (see fecund). Sense of "woman-like, proper to or characteristic
EXPANDof women" is recorded from mid-15c.
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