feminine

Words with a similar base: feminine

'feminine'

[feminine.n.01] as in: a gender that refers chiefly (but not exclusively) to females or to objects classified as female

'feminine'

[feminine.a.01] as in: associated with women and not with men

Examples:
feminine intuition

'feminine'

[feminine.a.02] as in: of grammatical gender

'feminine'

[womanly.a.01] as in: befitting or characteristic of a woman especially a mature woman

Examples:
womanly virtues of gentleness and compassion

'feminine'

[feminine.s.01] as in: (music or poetry) ending on an unaccented beat or syllable

Examples:
a feminine ending

Origins

					feminine (English)
└── féminin (Latin)
    └── femininus (Latin)
        ├── -inus (Latin)
        │   └── ινος (Ancient Greek (to 1453))
        └── femina (Latin)

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