Feminine
Definition of Feminine
Fem´i`nine | a. | 1. | Of or pertaining to a woman, or to women; characteristic of a woman; womanish; womanly. | | 2. | Having the qualities of a woman; becoming or appropriate to the female sex; as, in a good sense, modest, graceful, affectionate, confiding; or, in a bad sense, weak, nerveless, timid, pleasure-loving, effeminate. | | (Pros.) See Female rhyme, under Female, a. |
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| n. | 1. | A woman. |
| 2. | (Gram.) Any one of those words which are the appellations of females, or which have the terminations usually found in such words; as, actress, songstress, abbess, executrix. |