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mas·cu·line    Audio Help   [mas-kyuh-lin] Pronunciation Key
–adjective
1.pertaining to or characteristic of a man or men: masculine attire.
2.having qualities traditionally ascribed to men, as strength and boldness.
3.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.”
4.(of a woman) mannish.
–noun Grammar.
5.the masculine gender.
6.a noun or other element in or marking that gender.

[Origin: 1300–50; ME masculin < L masculīnus, equiv. to mascul(us) male (mās male + -culus -cule1) + -īnus -ine1]

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

2. manly. See male.
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mas·cu·lin·i·ty    Audio Help   (mās'kyə-lĭn'ĭ-tē)  Pronunciation Key 
n.   pl. mas·cu·lin·i·ties
  1. The quality or condition of being masculine.
  2. Something traditionally considered to be characteristic of a male.

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masculinity

noun
1. the properties characteristic of the male sex [syn: maleness] [ant: femaleness
2. the trait of behaving in ways considered typical for men [ant: femininity

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Masculinity

Mas`cu*lin"i*ty\, n. The state or quality of being masculine; masculineness.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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