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| antifeminine |
combined form of feminine. |
| dressmaker |
not simply or severely tailored, but in a style considered soft and feminine. [1/2 definitions] |
| effeminate |
of a man or boy, having qualities of appearance, manner, or behavior conventionally associated with feminine rather than masculine gender; unmanly. |
| fem. |
abbreviation of "feminine." |
| female |
of or pertaining to female persons or to feminine qualities or behavior. [1/4 definitions] |
| feminine |
in grammar, the feminine gender, or a word in this gender. [1/4 definitions] |
| feminize |
to make or become feminine. |
| gender |
a system in many languages in which nouns fall into two or more groups, such as masculine, feminine, or neuter, the members of each group sharing grammatical features such as inflections and pronoun equivalents. [1/3 definitions] |
| -ina |
used to form feminine names, titles, descriptions, and the like. [1/2 definitions] |
| -ine2 |
used as an ending of feminine nouns, names, and the like. [1/2 definitions] |
| neuter |
in grammar, neither feminine nor masculine with respect to gender. [1/9 definitions] |
| sister |
something considered feminine and connected as if by a family bond to another, such as a ship or one of the mythical Fates. [1/4 definitions] |
| ultrafeminine |
combined form of feminine. |
| unfeminine |
combined form of feminine. |
| womanish |
characteristic of or suitable for a woman; feminine or effeminate. |
| womanly |
possessing the qualities considered to be desirable in or befitting a woman; feminine. |
| yin |
(sometimes cap.) in Chinese dualistic philosophy, the dark, negative, passive, feminine force in the universe and in individual beings. (Cf. yang.) |
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