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mas⋅cu⋅line

[mas-kyuh-lin]
–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 -cule 1 ) + -īnus -ine 1


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


2. manly. See male.
mas·cu·lin·i·ty   (mās'kyə-lĭn'ĭ-tē)   
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.

Masculinity

Mas`cu*lin"i*ty\, n. The state or quality of being masculine; masculineness.

Main Entry: mas·cu·lin·i·ty
Pronunciation: "mas-ky&-'lin-&t-E
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural -ties
: the quality, state, or degree of being masculine masculinity or femininity —Psychological Abstracts>

masculinity mas·cu·lin·i·ty (mās'kyə-lĭn'ĭ-tē)
n.

  1. The quality or condition of being masculine.
  2. Something traditionally considered to be characteristic of a male.

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