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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 fǣmme woman, maid: confer French féminin . See Fetus .] 1. Of or pertaining to a woman, or to women; characteristic of a woman ...
    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 terminations usually found in such words; as, actress , songstress , abbess , executrix . « There are but few true ...
    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, affectionate, confiding; or, in a bad sense, weak, nerveless ...
    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://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

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

  8. Feminine
    The word `feminine` can refer to: * The property of being biologically female * Femininity, a traditionally female gender role * The feminine grammatical gender The antonym of feminine is `masculine`.
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feminine

  9. feminine
    (fem´ĭ-nin) pertaining to the female sex, or having qualities normally characteristic of the female.
    Found on http://www.mercksource.com/pp/us/cns/cns

  10. 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. • (a.) Having the qualities of a woman; becomi...
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  11. 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 a woman, or to women; consisting of women; carried on by ...
    Found on http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/inf

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


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