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Look up: Feminine

  1. feminine
    [Adjective] Womanly. Features that are like those of a woman.
    Example: My tomboy sister looked so feminine in her pretty wedding dress.
    Found on http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/glossary

  2. feminine
    [adj] - (music or poetry) ending on an unaccented beat or syllable 2. [adj] - of grammatical gender 3. [adj] - associated with women and not with men 4. [n] - a gender that refers chiefly (but not exclusively) to females or to objects classified as female
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  3. Feminine
    Fem'i·nine adjective [ Latin femininus , from femina woman; probably akin to Latin fetus , or to Greek qh^sqai to suck, qh^sai to suckle, Sanskrit dhā to suck; confer Anglo-Saxon fǣmm...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/F/18

  4. Feminine
    Fem'i·nine noun 1. A woman. [ Obsolete or Colloq.] « They guide the feminines toward the palace.» Hakluyt. 2. (Gram.) Any one of those words which are the appellations of females, or which have the te...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/F/18

  5. feminine
    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.' (Macaulay) ... 2. Having the qualities of a woman; becoming or appropriate to the female sex; as, in a good sense, modest, graceful, affection...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  6. feminine
    adjective (music or poetry) ending on an unaccented beat or syllable; `a feminine ending`
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  7. feminine
    noun a gender that refers chiefly (but not exclusively) to females or to objects classified as female
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  8. feminine
    (fem´ĭ-nin) pertaining to the female sex, or having qualities normally characteristic of the female.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/21001

  9. Feminine
    • (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. • (a.) Of or pertaining to a woman, or to women; characteristic of a woman; womanish; womanly. • (n.) A woman. &...
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  10. feminine
    feminine 1. Of persons or animals: belonging to the female sex; female. 2. Characteristic of, peculiar, or proper to women; womanlike, womanly. 3. In the same sense, of objects to which sex is attributed, or which have feminine names; especially, one of the heavenly bodies. 4. Of or pertaining to ...
    Found on http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/inf

  11. feminine
    see Rhyme.
    Found on http://rpo.library.utoronto.ca/display_r



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13 February 2012

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The fifth queen of Henry VIII was Catherine Howard. Her father was very poor, and Catherine lived mainly with Agnes, widow of the 2nd duke of Norfolk. Henry was evidently charmed by her and he was privately married to Catherine at Oatlands in July 1540. In November 1541 Archbishop Thomas Cranmer informed Henry that his queen's past life had not been stainless. After some denials the queen herself admitted that this was true; but denied that she had misconducted herself since her marriage. Some fresh information, however, very soon came to light showing that she had been unchaste since her marriage; a bill of attainder was passed through parliament, and on the 13th of February 1542 the queen was beheaded. read more

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