feminine

[fem·i·nine]

Feminine is the opposite of masculine. If it has anything to do with girls and women, it's considered feminine.

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Of or pertaining to a woman, or to women; characteristic of a woman; womanish; womanly.

Noun
a gender that refers chiefly (but not exclusively) to females or to objects classified as female

Adjective
associated with women and not with men; "feminine intuition"

Adjective
befitting or characteristic of a woman especially a mature woman; "womanly virtues of gentleness and compassion"

Adjective
of grammatical gender

Adjective S.
(music or poetry) ending on an unaccented beat or syllable; "a feminine ending"

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a.
Of or pertaining to a woman, or to women; characteristic of a woman; womanish; womanly.

a.
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.

n.
A woman.

n.
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.


Feminine

Fem"i*nine , a. [L. femininus, fr. femina woman; prob. akin to L. fetus, or to Gr. to suck, to suckle, Skr. dh'be to suck; cf. AS. f'd6mme woman, maid: cf. F. f'82minin. See Fetus.] 1. Of or pertaining to a woman, or to women; characteristic of a woman; womanish; womanly.
Her letters are remarkably deficient in feminine ease and grace.
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.
Her heavenly form Angelic, but more soft and feminine.
Ninus being esteemed no man of war at all, but altogether feminine, and subject to ease and delicacy.

Feminine

Fem"i*nine, n. 1. A woman. [Obs. or Colloq.]
They guide the feminines toward the palace.
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.
There are but few true feminines in English.

Of or pertaining to a woman, or to women; characteristic of a woman; womanish; womanly.

A woman.

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Usage Examples

The first feminine feature that goes, with advancing age, is the neck.

I thought to be feminine was to give in to straight culture, or the beauty standard, but in my heart I had a flair for fashion and style. They were passions I kept secret because I didn't understand I could love clothes and hair and makeup and still like girls.

For real change, we need feminine energy in the management of the world. We need a critical number of women in positions of power, and we need to nurture the feminine energy in men.

I have a hat. It is graceful and feminine and give me a certain dignity, as if I were attending a state funeral or something. Someday I may get up enough courage to wear it, instead of carrying it.

The great question that has never been answered, and which I have not yet been able to answer, despite my thirty years of research into the feminine soul, is 'What does a woman want?'

Anyone who knows anything of history knows that great social changes are impossible without feminine upheaval. Social progress can be measured exactly by the social position of the fair sex, the ugly ones included.

It is in Rousseau's writing above all that history begins to turn from upper-class honour to middle-class humanitarianism. Pity, sympathy and compassion lie at the centre of his moral vision. Values associated with the feminine begin to infiltrate social existence as a whole, rather than being confined to the domestic sphere.

Misspelled Form

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Other Usage Examples

I think we need the feminine qualities of leadership, which include attention to aesthetics and the environment, nurturing, affection, intuition and the qualities that make people feel safe and cared for.

I took a gamble to exercise leadership without losing my feminine nature.

I don't think I would have been able to stick with it and been proud of who I am and be feminine out on the court. I think I would have folded to the peer pressure if I didn't have my mom to encourage me to be me and be proud of how tall I am.

I am a liberated woman. And I do believe if a woman does equal work she should be paid equal money. But personally I am feminine and I do like male authority to lean on.

I am positive that flexibility is a feminine characteristic.

The dumber half of the audience - whether they're male or female, and a lot of them are male - for some reason responds very quickly to the feminine voice. How can I put it? They kind of instantly react to the female voice in a positive way quicker than they would the male voice.

Not even girls want to be girls so long as our feminine archetype lacks force, strength, and power.

I seem to be getting a lot of things pushed my way that are strong women. It's like people see Hackers and they send me offers to play tough women with guns, the kind who wear no bra and a little tank top. I'd like to play strong women who are also very feminine.

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