feminine, feminyne, femynyn, femynyne

& s. [Fr. fémin in, from Lat. fem in in us, from femina =a woman; Sp. femenino; Port. fem i nino; Ital. femminino.] A. As adjective: I. Ordinary Language: 1. Of or pertaining to a woman; womanly; like or becoming to a woman. "There was no want of feminine wit and shrewdne in her conversation." -Macaulay. Hist. Eng ., ch. xi. feminine is natural to the female ; the effeminate is unnatural to the male. A feminine air and voice, which is truly grateful to the observer in the one sex, is an odious mark of effeminacy in the other. Beauty and delicacy are feminine properties; robustne and vigor are masculine properties: the former, therefore, when discovered in a man, entitle him to the epithet of effeminate . " ( Crabb : Eng . Synon.) fěm-i-nine-lỹ, adv . [Eng. feminine ; -ly .] In a feminine manner; as becomes a woman. fem-1-nin-işm, s . [English feminin (e); -ism .] The quality or state of being feminine or female. fem-i-nin-i-ty, *fem-i-nin-i-teē, s. [English feminin (e); -ity. The qualities or manners becoming a woman. *fěm'-i-nişm, s. [Lat. fem in ( a ) = a woman; Eng. suff.- ism .] The quality or state of a female.