feminine

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To many men the feminine is a distraction and any time a man is not living his vision he will blame it on his woman.

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  1. adjective Of or relating to women or girls. See Synonyms at female.
  2. adjective Characterized by or possessing qualities generally attributed to a woman.
  3. adjective Effeminate; womanish.

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  • If Miss Francis had been one of those wellgroomed, efficient ladies who have earned their place in the business world without at the same time sacrificing femininity, I'm sure I would not have suffered such a pang for my lost time and carfare But wellgroomed and feminine were alike inapplicable adjectives. —  Greener Than You Think
  • Melicent could not reconcile his voice to her liking; it was too softly low and feminine, and carried a note of pleading or pathos, unless he argued with his horse, his dog, or a “nigger,” at which times, though not unduly raised, it acquired a biting quality that served the purpose of relieving him from further form of insistence He pulled rapidly and in silence down the bayou, that was now so entirely sheltered from the open light of the sky by the meeting branches above, as to seem a dim leafy tunnel fashioned by man’s ingenuity. —  At Fault
  • 'She will be one of the other women then In that case,' said Harry, a trifle grimly, 'Lucy will have to decide if I am to go as a bridegroom or a luggage agent Of course all Beorminster knew that Mrs Pendle was going to Nauheim for the treatment; and of course all Beorminster--that is, the feminine portion of it--came to take tender farewells of the travellers. —  The Bishop's Secret
  • We have no prayer to Robigus (or Robigo, feminine, as Ovid has it) except that which Ovid somewhat fancifully versified after hearing the Flamen Quirinalis say it (_Fasti_, iv. —  The Religious Experience of the Roman People From the Earliest Times to the Age of Augustus
  • I believe it's all nonsense, I do;--feminine fancies, and vagaries of the weaker sex Yes, I dare say; that's what you men always say. —  Orley Farm
 

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Etymologies (2)

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  1. Middle English, from Old French, from Latin fēminīnus, from fēmina, woman; see dhē(i)- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Middle English feminine, -yne, -yn, from Old French feminin, French féminin = Provencal femenin, feminin = Spanish femenino = Portuguese feminino = Italian femminino, from Latin femininus, feminine (only in the grammatical sense), from femina, a woman, female: seefemale.
 

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