Femineity

  • 11femininity — I (Roget s IV) n. 1. [The quality of being feminine] Syn. womanhood, femaleness, feminineness, femineity, muliebrity, womanliness, softness, gentleness, delicacy, feminine principle, yin; see also gentleness 2 , kindness 1 . 2. [Effeminacy] Syn.… …

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  • 12feminine — mid 14c., of the female sex, from O.Fr. femenin (12c.) feminine, female; with feminine qualities, effeminate, from L. femininus feminine (in the grammatical sense at first), from femina woman, female, lit. she who suckles, from root of felare to… …

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  • 13feminine — adjective 1》 having qualities traditionally associated with women, especially delicacy and prettiness.     ↘female. 2》 Grammar of or denoting a gender of nouns and adjectives, conventionally regarded as female. noun (the feminine) the female sex… …

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  • 14feminality — n. Womanhood, femineity, female nature, feminineness, feminacy …

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  • 15muliebrity — n. 1. Womanhood. 2. Femineity, womanishness, womanhood, feminality, femininity. 3. Womanishness, effeminacy, softness, weakness …

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  • 16womanhood — n. 1. Womanliness, high feminine quality. 2. Maturity (in the human female), ripeness, adult age, muliebrity. 3. Muliebrity, feminality, femineity, feminine sexual quality. 4. Women (collectively), womankind …

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  • 17womanhood — n 1. muliebrity, female maturity, matronhood, wifehood; femininity, feminineness, femineity, womanliness, wifeliness, matronliness. 2. women, womenfolk, the female sex, the fair sex, the gentle sex …

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