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masculinity|mæskjuːˈlɪnɪtɪ|
[ad. F. masculinité, f. masculin: see masculine and -ity.]
1. The quality or condition of being masculine.
1748T. Ruddiman Dissertation 42 Besides the Prerogative of his Sex, or Masculinity (as the French call it). 1865Sat. Rev. 21 Oct. 527/1 The obnoxious airs of masculinity affected by some of his countrywomen. 1882Athenæum No. 2867. 462 It is not easy to see why courbe, tangente, parallèle, are given as exceptions to the masculinity of ‘parts of speech when taken substantively’. 1898Bodley France II. iv. ii. 354 Some..inheriting, too, the masculinity of that illustrious princess.
b. pl. Things characteristic of the male sex.
1877Mrs. Oliphant Carita II. xxiv. 144 That furtive cigars and other precocious masculinities were not criminal.
2. That which is masculine.
1860Geo. Eliot Mill on Fl. i. v, This pink-and-white bit of masculinity with the indeterminate features. |