'Feminine' definitions:
Definition of 'feminine'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Associated with women and not with men; "feminine intuition" [ant: masculine]
adjective
adjective
Befitting or characteristic of a woman especially a mature woman; "womanly virtues of gentleness and compassion" [syn: womanly, feminine] [ant: unwomanly]
adjective
(music or poetry) ending on an unaccented beat or syllable; "a feminine ending"
noun
A gender that refers chiefly (but not exclusively) to females or to objects classified as female
Definition of 'Feminine'
From: GCIDE
- Feminine \Fem"i*nine\, n.
- 1. A woman. [Obs. or Colloq.] [1913 Webster]
- They guide the feminines toward the palace. --Hakluyt. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- There are but few true feminines in English. --Latham. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Feminine'
From: GCIDE
- Feminine \Fem"i*nine\, a. [L. femininus, fr. femina woman; prob. akin to L. fetus, or to Gr. qh^sqai to suck, qh^sai to suckle, Skr. dh[=a] to suck; cf. AS. f[=ae]mme woman, maid: cf. F. f['e]minin. See Fetus.]
- 1. Of or pertaining to a woman, or to women; characteristic of a woman; womanish; womanly. [1913 Webster]
- Her letters are remarkably deficient in feminine ease and grace. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- Her heavenly form Angelic, but more soft and feminine. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- Ninus being esteemed no man of war at all, but altogether feminine, and subject to ease and delicacy. --Sir W. Raleigh. [1913 Webster]
- Feminine rhyme. (Pros.) See Female rhyme, under Female, a.
- Syn: See Female, a. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'feminine'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- affected,
- amenable,
- animate,
- common gender,
- deferential,
- delicate,
- distaff,
- docile,
- effeminate,
- effete,
- female,
- gender,
- gentle,
- gentlewomanlike,
- girlish,
- gynecic,
- gynecoid,
- gynic,
- inanimate,
- kittenish,
- ladylike,
- little-girlish,
- maidenly,
- masculine,
- matronal,
- matronlike,
- matronly,
- muliebral,
- neuter,
- petticoat,
- soft,
- submissive,
- tender,
- unmanly,
- womanish,
- womanlike,
- womanly