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masculine

[mas-kyuh-lin]

adjective

pertaining to or characteristic of a man or men: masculine attire.

having qualities traditionally ascribed to men, as strength and boldness.

Grammar. noting or pertaining to the gender of Latin, Greek, German, French, Spanish, hebrew, etc., which has among its members most nouns referring to males, as well as other nouns, as Spanish dedo, “finger,” German Bleistift, “pencil.”

(of a woman) mannish.

noun Grammar.

the masculine gender.

a noun or other element in or marking that gender.

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Origin:
1300–50; Middle English masculin < Latin masculīnus, equivalent to mascul(us) male (mās male + -culus -cule¹) + -īnus -ine¹

Related forms

mas·cu·line·ly, adverb

mas·cu·lin·i·ty, mas·cu·line·ness, noun

hy·per·mas·cu·line, adjective

hy·per·mas·cu·line·ly, adverb

hy·per·mas·cu·line·ness, noun

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hy·per·mas·cu·lin·i·ty, noun

non·mas·cu·line, adjective

non·mas·cu·line·ly, adverb

non·mas·cu·line·ness, noun

non·mas·cu·lin·i·ty, noun

pseu·do·mas·cu·line, adjective

su·per·mas·cu·line, adjective

su·per·mas·cu·lin·i·ty, noun

ul·tra·mas·cu·line, adjective

un·mas·cu·line, adjective

un·mas·cu·line·ly, adverb

COLLAPSE

Can be confused: male, masculine, macho (see synonym note at male).

Synonyms
2. manly. See male.

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Example Sentences

The mystery of what makes a man a man may never be solved, but scientists now think they know what makes a male masculine.

Still, it's odd to be on a campus so uniformly masculine.

It is a complementary match of masculine and feminine characters.

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The mystery of what makes a man a man may never be solved, but scientists now think they know what makes a male masculine.

Still, it's odd to be on a campus so uniformly masculine.

It is a complementary match of masculine and feminine characters.

Usually, a katoey will begin to take female hormones around puberty to inhibit masculine growth.

Low testosterone levels makes for less masculine men.

OK, so the founders' use of the masculine pronoun was rather archaic.

They come in various forms and prices, but in only one scent: masculine.

Mission statement: to push the boundaries of masculine glamour.

The masculine brain differs from the feminine brain in several ways.

Yet backstage the goings-on were still distinctly masculine.

The masculine melee would start about midnight and continue for hours.

So too, they found objects more similar to inherently masculine words if the object names were masculine.

My father, masculine in bearing and gesture, was not a talker.

Drop-tube frame isn't explicitly masculine or feminine.

What's important about him is that he is so masculine.

But if a woman displays the qualities of a tiger killer, she may be dismissed as too masculine.

And though the chorus of masculine complaint has risen and fallen, it has rarely been as loud as it is today.

No testosterone here, no masculine fit, but you better believe this lady can hold here own with the boys.

Chemicals in cannabis encourage masculine behavior in young rats.

Personally id say hair is a masculine feature hence women should not have much/any.

Gaultier has made it his mission to break, bend and twist all the traditional rules of masculine dress.

Then, it might matter less whether a guy could read a book and still be masculine.

Or perhaps it's because the third-person masculine singular conjugation of the past tense appears identical to the root itself.

It has more of a masculine fit-bulky in the shoulders and too fitted in the waist.

Many regulations were written in masculine form though addressing everybody.

The sealskin sacque so popular among women has long been an object of masculine dread, according to the newspaper humorists.

Kitchen manufacturers are responding with a cool, harder-edged look, designed to appeal to masculine taste.

Her forearms are rippled with veins, and though her eyes are warm, she speaks with a masculine punch.

Parisian ladies still favor the masculine style of dress.

Not that many women would venture into the aggressively masculine places where boxers trained.

There had been woman writers, correspondents, but the news room was strictly a masculine reservation.

Call your health care provider if you are a woman experiencing masculine symptoms, or you feel a lump near your ovaries.

Counseling to guide such parents and enhance the child's masculine self-image may also be.

I've swallowed my masculine fear of the make-up counter and sought the advice of the women in white coats.

It's a watchful and masculine place, beautiful and thwarted.

Traditional masculine and feminine variations add spice to the stew.

As in the movie, a masculine clown and a feminine clown often became a couple.

By war's end, candy had been recast from a feminine indulgence to a masculine energy source.

The result was a subtle play on textures and on masculine and feminine.

And the products men are using promise not to add color to masculine eyelids or stubbly.

It's a smooth, perfectly built, rich masculine that deserves a try.

COLLAPSE

Collins

World English Dictionary

masculine (ˈmæskjʊlɪn)

—*adj*
1.	possessing qualities or characteristics considered typical of or appropriate to a man; manly
2.	unwomanly
3.	grammar
	a. denoting a gender of nouns, occurring in many inflected languages, that includes all kinds of referents as well as some male animate referents
	b. (as noun): German ``Weg'' is a masculine

[C14: via French from Latin masculīnus, from masculus male, from mās a male]

'masculinely

—*adv*

mascu'linity

—n

'masculineness

—n

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Word Origin & History

masculine

late 14c., "belonging to the male sex," from O.Fr. masculin "of the male sex," from L. masculinus "male, of masculine gender," from masculus, dim. of mas (gen. maris) "male person, male," of unknown origin. Grammatical sense first recorded c.1380. Meaning "having the appropriate qualities of the male

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sex, manly, virile, powerful" is first attested 1629.

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American Heritage

Medical Dictionary

masculine mas·cu·line (mās'kyə-lĭn)
n.

Of or relating to men or boys; male.
Suggestive or characteristic of a man.

mas'cu·line·ness n.

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"Left to itself the masculine imagination has very little appreciation for the here and now; it prefers to dwell on what is absent, on what has been or may be. If men are more punctual than women, it is because they know that, without the external discipline of clock time, they would never get anything done."

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