feminateadj.

Brit.

/ˈfɛmᵻnət/, U.S.

/ˈfɛmənət/

Forms: 1500s feminat, 1500s– feminate.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin fēminātus.

Etymology: < classical Latin fēminātus womanish, effeminate (see note) < fēmina woman (see female n.) + -ātus -ate suffix². Compare effeminate adj.Classical Latin fēmināta is the manuscript reading at Cicero Tusculan Disputations 2. 9. 21, where modern editions read ecfēmināta; in post-classical Latin feminatus is attested in a 4th-cent. grammarian.

= feminine adj. (in various senses).

ΘΚΠ

the world > people > person > woman > [adjective]

femalea1382

womanisha1393

faira1450

women's-kinsc1450

feminatea1533

womankind?c1570

womenkind1571

sex1700

mollyish1801

petticoated1824

femme1925

the world > people > person > man > [adjective] > effeminate man

womanisha1393

womanlike1440

feminatea1533

effeminate1549

womanlike1565

cockney1573

feminine1614

androgynous1628

muliebrious1652

petit maître1729

Miss Nancyish1855

gynaecomorphous1865

gynandrous1878

girly-girly1882

nancified1901

wimbly-wambly1929

tapette1930

queeny1936

female1940

poofed-up1964

pansy-ass1976

wussy1977

effete1981

a1533 Ld. Berners tr. A. de Guevara Golden Bk. M. Aurelius (1546) sig. Ll With halfe a berde, as a feminate man.

1557 T. North tr. A. de Guevara Diall Princes f. 82/1 Money doth not only breake the feminate and tender hartes, but also the hard and craggy rockes.

1633 J. Ford Broken Heart v. ii. sig. K2^v A Nation warlike..cannot brooke A feminate authority.

1698 G. Ridpath Stage Condemn'd vi. 60 Let us not then lament with feminate Sorrow.

1828 Mechanics' Free Press 5 July Her charms were not of that drooping, timid and feminate class.

1892 Morning Oregonian (Portland, Oregon) 4 Sept. 11/5 The summer girl's clothes are feminate.

1908 Trans. Illinois State Acad. Sci. 1 47 The Chinese of the south..have physical and mental characteristics which I cannot better express in a word..than to call them feminate.

1993 B. Brown in R. P. Bellamy Theories & Concepts Polit. vii. 169 Why value this masculine value of ‘rationality’ over the feminate opposites?

Derivatives

ˈfeminately adv. rare

ΘΚΠ

the world > people > person > man > [adverb] > effeminate

womanlishly1579

feminately1598

nancifully1936

queeny1936

1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Inzazzeare, to goe walking wantony, idly or feminatlie vp and downe the streetes.

1780 School for Majesty 29 His complection was feminately fair.

1918 Reedy's Mirror 25 Jan. 46/1 The Yvette smile on that feminately elongated Dantesque face.

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

单词	feminate
释义	feminateadj. Brit. /ˈfɛmᵻnət/, U.S. /ˈfɛmənət/ Forms: 1500s feminat, 1500s– feminate. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin fēminātus. Etymology: < classical Latin fēminātus womanish, effeminate (see note) < fēmina woman (see female n.) + -ātus -ate suffix². Compare effeminate adj.Classical Latin fēmināta is the manuscript reading at Cicero Tusculan Disputations 2. 9. 21, where modern editions read ecfēmināta; in post-classical Latin feminatus is attested in a 4th-cent. grammarian. = feminine adj. (in various senses). ΘΚΠ the world > people > person > woman > [adjective] femalea1382 womanisha1393 faira1450 women's-kinsc1450 feminatea1533 womankind?c1570 womenkind1571 sex1700 mollyish1801 petticoated1824 femme1925 the world > people > person > man > [adjective] > effeminate man womanisha1393 womanlike1440 feminatea1533 effeminate1549 womanlike1565 cockney1573 feminine1614 androgynous1628 muliebrious1652 petit maître1729 Miss Nancyish1855 gynaecomorphous1865 gynandrous1878 girly-girly1882 nancified1901 wimbly-wambly1929 tapette1930 queeny1936 female1940 poofed-up1964 pansy-ass1976 wussy1977 effete1981 a1533 Ld. Berners tr. A. de Guevara Golden Bk. M. Aurelius (1546) sig. Ll With halfe a berde, as a feminate man. 1557 T. North tr. A. de Guevara Diall Princes f. 82/1 Money doth not only breake the feminate and tender hartes, but also the hard and craggy rockes. 1633 J. Ford Broken Heart v. ii. sig. K2^v A Nation warlike..cannot brooke A feminate authority. 1698 G. Ridpath Stage Condemn'd vi. 60 Let us not then lament with feminate Sorrow. 1828 Mechanics' Free Press 5 July Her charms were not of that drooping, timid and feminate class. 1892 Morning Oregonian (Portland, Oregon) 4 Sept. 11/5 The summer girl's clothes are feminate. 1908 Trans. Illinois State Acad. Sci. 1 47 The Chinese of the south..have physical and mental characteristics which I cannot better express in a word..than to call them feminate. 1993 B. Brown in R. P. Bellamy Theories & Concepts Polit. vii. 169 Why value this masculine value of ‘rationality’ over the feminate opposites? Derivatives ˈfeminately adv. rare ΘΚΠ the world > people > person > man > [adverb] > effeminate womanlishly1579 feminately1598 nancifully1936 queeny1936 1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Inzazzeare, to goe walking wantony, idly or feminatlie vp and downe the streetes. 1780 School for Majesty 29 His complection was feminately fair. 1918 Reedy's Mirror 25 Jan. 46/1 The Yvette smile on that feminately elongated Dantesque face. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.a1533
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