fem´i|nine|ness

fem´i|nine|ness
fem|i|nine «FEHM uh nihn», adjective, noun.
–adj.
1. of women or girls; having to do with a woman or women; consisting of or carried on by women: »

feminine society, feminine discussion. Jewelry and lace are mostly feminine belongings.

2. like a woman; womanly; gentle: »

feminine sympathy or intuition.

3. like that of a woman; not suited to a man; womanish; effeminate; weak.
4. of or belging to the female sex.
5. Grammar. of the gender to which certain nouns and pronouns belong. In Modern English it includes all words referring to females. “Actress,” “queen,” “tigress,” and “cow” are feminine nouns.
–n.
1. the feminine gender.
2. a word or form in the feminine gender. Abbr: fem.
╂[< Old French feminin, learned borrowing from Latin fēminīnus < fēmina woman]
–fem´i|nine|ly, adverb.
–fem´i|nine|ness, noun.

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