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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
feminine/ˈfemənɪn/
adjective
  • 1 having qualities traditionally associated with women, especially delicacy and prettiness.

    ■ female.

  • 2 Grammar of or denoting a gender of nouns and adjectives, conventionally regarded as female.
noun (the feminine) the female sex or gender.
– derivatives
femineity noun (archaic),
femininely adverb,
feminineness noun,
femininity noun.
– origin ME: from L. femininus, from femina ‘woman’.



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