femalityn.

Brit.

/ˌfiːˈmalᵻti/, U.S.

/ˌfiˈmælədi/

Forms: see female n. and adj. and -ity suffix; also 1600s feamality.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: female adj., -ity suffix.

Etymology: < female adj. + -ity suffix. Compare earlier feminity n. N.E.D. (1895) gives the pronunciation as (fĭmæ·lĭti) /fɪˈmælɪtɪ/.

1. depreciative. Feminine quality or characteristics as considered undesirable in a man; effeminacy. Cf. femininity n. 1b. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > sex and gender > female > effeminacy > [noun]

effeminateness1558

effeminacy1571

gingerliness1583

mollitude1599

mollities1604

invirility1628

femality?1643

womanlishness1648

feminity1669

ladyness1671

Miss Mollyism1834

femininity1855

Miss Nancyism1860

sissiness1892

camp1909

sissification1910

camping1922

lavender1929

?1643 in C. Mackay Coll. Songs London Prentices (1841) 68 Disband feamality, let courage be your portion.

2003 Cultural Critique No. 54. 193 Rudy further betrays his ‘femality’..by hesitating to participate in the game of Russian roulette that Malcolm first challenges, then forces him to play.

a. Behaviour or qualities considered as characteristic of a woman; the quality, condition, or fact of being a female; female nature or character, femaleness. Also: an instance of this, a feminine quality or trait.

ΘΚΠ

the world > people > person > woman > [noun] > womanly qualities or characteristics

tendernessa1387

femininityc1405

feminityc1415

womanhoodc1430

womanc1440

womanliness1538

muliebrity?1592

woman1619

feminality1646

femality1702

femineity1741

feminacy1776

feminility1824

womanism1824

feminism1841

womanness1841

feminicity1843

womanity1843

femininitude1878

the eternal feminine1892

marianismo1972

1702 G. Farquhar Inconstant iv. 43 If our Femality had no business in this World, why was it sent hither?

1754 S. Richardson Let. 4 Jan. (1964) 285 You see in what a nobly ingenuous manner allowing for all Femalities, he makes the declaration.

1773 Lady's Mag. 4 3 My femality, or in other words, my curiosity was greater.

1833 A. Jameson Characteristics Women (ed. 2) II. 279 Her gaiety and her beauty, her levity,..her tenderness of heart,..in short, all her femalities.

1845 M. Fuller Woman in 19th Cent. 103 Feminine element, spoken of as Femality.

1891 Daily Inter Ocean (Chicago) 23 Jan. 1/4 But to-day,..she is so much the mistress of herself and fortune that it may be said in general terms that femality is no longer an impediment.

1912 L. Hill Caisson Sickness xi. 175 Femality, like age, is not a quality which can, per se, have any influence on susceptibility.

1947 E. Berridge Sel. Stories 36 She saw..the yielding femality of Mrs. Cradock—surely she did not belong to this tight female world? A world of unconscious and eternal submission to the male.

1994 K. Kearns R. Frost & Poetics of Appetite iii. 89 Promiscuously inclined, femality, whether embodied in human form or in poetic language, represents the metamorphic, the seductive, and the maddening.

†b. In plural. Examples of female character; females. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > people > person > woman > [noun] > women collectively

wifkinOE

womanOE

womankinc1175

womankindc1175

womenkina1387

womenkinda1387

womanhoodc1405

feminityc1425

femininityc1450

femininec1451

the fair (also gentle, soft, weak, etc.) sex1536

the second sex1536

the woman sex1536

feminie1541

mesdames1552

the fairer (also gentler, softer, weaker, etc.) sex1578

sex1589

ladyhooda1666

fair1687

wimmin1710

womenfolk1729

mesdemoiselles1739

the female of the species1795

femalitiesc1801

ladykind1829

womanity1836

womandom1838

ladydom1843

petticoatery1849

tea-body1865

muslin1884

the skirt1899

quim1909

womyn1975

womxn1991

c1801 T. Selwyn Warning to Batchelors (MS poem) ii, in N.E.D. (1895) Knights of the chace To be hunted yourselves were a pitiful case; Suspect these femalities.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	femality
释义	femalityn. Brit. /ˌfiːˈmalᵻti/, U.S. /ˌfiˈmælədi/ Forms: see female n. and adj. and -ity suffix; also 1600s feamality. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: female adj., -ity suffix. Etymology: < female adj. + -ity suffix. Compare earlier feminity n. N.E.D. (1895) gives the pronunciation as (fĭmæ·lĭti) /fɪˈmælɪtɪ/. 1. depreciative. Feminine quality or characteristics as considered undesirable in a man; effeminacy. Cf. femininity n. 1b. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > life > sex and gender > female > effeminacy > [noun] effeminateness1558 effeminacy1571 gingerliness1583 mollitude1599 mollities1604 invirility1628 femality?1643 womanlishness1648 feminity1669 ladyness1671 Miss Mollyism1834 femininity1855 Miss Nancyism1860 sissiness1892 camp1909 sissification1910 camping1922 lavender1929 ?1643 in C. Mackay Coll. Songs London Prentices (1841) 68 Disband feamality, let courage be your portion. 2003 Cultural Critique No. 54. 193 Rudy further betrays his ‘femality’..by hesitating to participate in the game of Russian roulette that Malcolm first challenges, then forces him to play. 2. a. Behaviour or qualities considered as characteristic of a woman; the quality, condition, or fact of being a female; female nature or character, femaleness. Also: an instance of this, a feminine quality or trait. ΘΚΠ the world > people > person > woman > [noun] > womanly qualities or characteristics tendernessa1387 femininityc1405 feminityc1415 womanhoodc1430 womanc1440 womanliness1538 muliebrity?1592 woman1619 feminality1646 femality1702 femineity1741 feminacy1776 feminility1824 womanism1824 feminism1841 womanness1841 feminicity1843 womanity1843 femininitude1878 the eternal feminine1892 marianismo1972 1702 G. Farquhar Inconstant iv. 43 If our Femality had no business in this World, why was it sent hither? 1754 S. Richardson Let. 4 Jan. (1964) 285 You see in what a nobly ingenuous manner allowing for all Femalities, he makes the declaration. 1773 Lady's Mag. 4 3 My femality, or in other words, my curiosity was greater. 1833 A. Jameson Characteristics Women (ed. 2) II. 279 Her gaiety and her beauty, her levity,..her tenderness of heart,..in short, all her femalities. 1845 M. Fuller Woman in 19th Cent. 103 Feminine element, spoken of as Femality. 1891 Daily Inter Ocean (Chicago) 23 Jan. 1/4 But to-day,..she is so much the mistress of herself and fortune that it may be said in general terms that femality is no longer an impediment. 1912 L. Hill Caisson Sickness xi. 175 Femality, like age, is not a quality which can, per se, have any influence on susceptibility. 1947 E. Berridge Sel. Stories 36 She saw..the yielding femality of Mrs. Cradock—surely she did not belong to this tight female world? A world of unconscious and eternal submission to the male. 1994 K. Kearns R. Frost & Poetics of Appetite iii. 89 Promiscuously inclined, femality, whether embodied in human form or in poetic language, represents the metamorphic, the seductive, and the maddening. †b. In plural. Examples of female character; females. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > people > person > woman > [noun] > women collectively wifkinOE womanOE womankinc1175 womankindc1175 womenkina1387 womenkinda1387 womanhoodc1405 feminityc1425 femininityc1450 femininec1451 the fair (also gentle, soft, weak, etc.) sex1536 the second sex1536 the woman sex1536 feminie1541 mesdames1552 the fairer (also gentler, softer, weaker, etc.) sex1578 sex1589 ladyhooda1666 fair1687 wimmin1710 womenfolk1729 mesdemoiselles1739 the female of the species1795 femalitiesc1801 ladykind1829 womanity1836 womandom1838 ladydom1843 petticoatery1849 tea-body1865 muslin1884 the skirt1899 quim1909 womyn1975 womxn1991 c1801 T. Selwyn Warning to Batchelors (MS poem) ii, in N.E.D. (1895) Knights of the chace To be hunted yourselves were a pitiful case; Suspect these femalities. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.?1643
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