| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Adverb | 1. In a feminine manner.[Websters]
2. In a ladylike, effeminate or womanish manner. [Eve - graph theoretic] 3. In a female manner. [Eve - graph theoretic] 4. In a soft, bland, suave, mild or sweet manner. [Eve - graph theoretic] 5. Rarely used adverbial inflection of the adjective feminine.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Adjective Form (feminine) | 1. Associated with women and not with men; "feminine intuition".[Wordnet]. 2. Of grammatical gender.[Wordnet]. 3. Befitting or characteristic of a woman especially a mature woman.[Wordnet]. 4. (music or poetry) ending on an unaccented beat or syllable; "a feminine ending".[Wordnet]. 5. Of or pertaining to a woman, or to women; characteristic of a woman; womanish; womanly.[Websters]. 6. 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.[Websters]. 7. Being female, womanly or womanish.[Eve - graph theoretic] 8. Being effeminate or unmanly.[Eve - graph theoretic] 9. Being delicate, tender, fragile, fine or slender.[Eve - graph theoretic] 10. Adjective base of the adverb femininely.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. | Top | |
Date "FEMININELY" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1824. (references) |
Specialty Definition: feminine
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | 1: [Adjective] Pertaining to a woman, or to women, or to females; as the female sex.. | 2: [Adjective] soft; tender; delicate. Her heavenly form angelic, but more soft and feminine.. | 3: [Adjective] Effeminate; destitute of manly qualities.. | 4: [Adjective] In grammar, denoting the gender or words which signify females, or the terminations of such words. words are said to be of the feminine gender, when they denote females, or have the terminations proper to express females in any given language. Thus in L. dominus, a lord, is masculine; but domina, is mistress, a female. Milton uses feminine as a noun, for female.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. |
| Law | FEMININE. 1. What belongs to the female sex. 2. When the feminine is used, it is generally confined to females; as, if a man bequeathed all his mares to his son, his horses would not pass. Vide: 3 Brev. R. 9 Gender; Man; Masculine. (references) | ||
| Wiktionary | 1: [Adjective] (grammar) Grammatical gender distinction in languages that have it such as Spanish and Hindi that describes nouns including those pertaining to females and objects that are assigned the feminine gender. (references) | 2: [Adjective] Belonging to females; appropriated to, or used by, females. Mary, Elizabeth, and Edith are feminine names. (references) | 3: [Adjective] Having the qualities associated with a woman or the female gender; suitable to, or characteristic of, a woman; nurturing; not masculine or aggressive. Her heavenly form Angelic, but more soft and feminine — Milton Her letters are remarkably deficient in feminine ease and grace — Macaulay Ninus being esteemed no man of war at all, but altogether feminine, and subject to ease and delicacy — Sir Walter Raleigh. (references) | 4: [Adjective] Of the female sex; biologically female, not male, womanly. (references) | 5: [Adverb] Having the qualities of a woman. (references) | 6: [Adverb] Of or pertaining to woman. (references) | 7: [Noun] (grammar) 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 — Latham. (references) | 8: [Noun] (Obsolete or Colloquial): A woman. They guide the feminines toward the palace — Hakluyt. (references) |
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Common Expressions: feminine
| Expressions | Definition | ||
| Feminine Beauty & the USA Popular Media | Naomi Wolf, author and feminist writer, asserts “Contemporary standards of feminine beauty have developed to a point that can only be described as anorexic, and (the United States of) America’s young women are paying the price through a near-epidemic of bulimia and anorexia” (Wolf, 2003). What was once considered a normal size when it comes to clothes is now considered to be on the larger side. This is easily seen when looking back at portraits or statues from the 1800’s or the early 1900’s, or even looking at photos from just forty years ago and comparing them to the fashion models now. Wolf also states that fashion models now actually weigh “23 percent below that of ordinary women” (Wolf, 2003). Some young girls in the USA are growing up and seeing these models that are under the average weight of most women on the front of their Teen People magazine, Cosmopolitan or Glamour and they can be extremely affected by these images. So many young girls in the USA idolize these beautiful models and would do almost anything to be like them. (references) | ||
| Feminine ending | The term feminine ending has several meanings, depending on context. (references) | ||
| Feminine hygiene | Feminine hygiene is a general term used to describe products used by women during menstruation, vaginal discharge, and other bodily functions related to the vulva. Maxi pads (also known as sanitary napkins or towels), pantiliners, tampons, and feminine wipes are the major categories of feminine hygiene products. (references) | ||
| Feminine Intuition | Femine Intuition is a science fiction short story by Isaac Asimov, originally published in Fantasy and Science Fiction, October 1969. It was included in the collections The Complete Robot and The Bicentennial Man and Other Stories. (references) | ||
| Feminine rhyme | See Female rhyme, under Female, a. Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary. | ||
| Feminine rhyme | A feminine rhyme, in English prosody, is a rhyme that matches two or more syllables at the end of the respective lines. Usually the final syllable is unaccented. (references) | ||
| Feminine wipe | Feminine wipes are cleansing cloths meant to clean the vulvovaginal area. They can be used during a woman's period or for everyday use to keep a woman feeling fresh and dry. Combined with pantiliners and maxi pads, they form a complete solution in feminine hygiene during vaginal discharge and menstruation. (references) | ||
| Sacred feminine | Sacred feminine is the admiring and faith in the mysterious female power of reproduction and female beauty. (references) | ||
| The Feminine Mystique | The Feminine Mystique is a book written by Betty Friedan, published in 1963. (references) | ||
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Specialty Expressions: feminine
| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| Feminine organ | MultiLingual Slang | Italian (mussa). (references) | |
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Topics by Level of Interest: feminine | ||||
| Topics sorted by level of Interest | Level (1=low, 600=high) | Topics sorted Alphabetically | Level (1=low, 600=high) | |
| Feminine Is Beautiful | 12 | Feminine | 2 | |
| Feminine Intuition | 9 | Feminine ending | 3 | |
| The Feminine Mystique | 8 | Feminine Fancy | 6 | |
| Sacred feminine | 8 | Feminine hygiene | 3 | |
| The Feminine Complex | 8 | Feminine Intuition | 9 | |
| Feminine Fancy | 6 | Feminine Is Beautiful | 12 | |
| Feminine rhyme | 4 | Feminine psychology | 2 | |
| Feminine hygiene | 3 | Feminine rhyme | 4 | |
| Feminine ending | 3 | Sacred feminine | 8 | |
| Feminine psychology | 2 | The Feminine Complex | 8 | |
| Feminine | 2 | The Feminine Mystique | 8 | |
Source: the editor, created by/for EVE to gauge likely levels of human interest in linguistically triggered topics (compiled across various sources, such as Wikipedia and specialty expression glosses). | ||||
