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mas⋅cu⋅line

  [mas-kyuh-lin]
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–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

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

Synonyms:
2. manly. See male.
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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.

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Word Origin & History

masculine 
c.1374, "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 sex, manly, virile, powerful" is first attested 1629.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: mas·cu·line
Pronunciation: 'mas-ky&-l&n
Function: adjective
1 : MALE 1
2 : having the qualities distinctive of or appropriate to a male
3 : having a mannish bearing or quality

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>
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Medical Dictionary

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

  1. Of or relating to men or boys; male.

  2. Suggestive or characteristic of a man.

mas'cu·line·ness n.

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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