† feminileadj.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin fēmina , -il suffix.

Etymology: < classical Latin fēmina woman (see female n.) + -il suffix, after e.g. virile adj., puerile adj., juvenile adj., etc. Compare Old Occitan feminil , femenil , Italian femminile (a1294). Compare earlier feminine adj.

Obsolete. rare before 19th cent.

= feminine adj. (in various senses).

ΘΚΠ

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

womanisha1393

womanlyc1400

feminec1425

femininec1425

she1531

wifish1535

female1566

ladylike1566

womenish1604

tender-hefteda1616

ladied1628

feminary1630

feminile1650

feminal1875

1650 J. Bulwer Anthropometamorphosis iii. 64 This forehead is also called a great forehead, if it be compared with a feminile forehead.

1818 European Mag. & London Rev. Dec. 491/1 In her countenance there was no indication of feminile softness.

1834 R. Southey Doctor I. 188 It might have been well if I had decided upon a farther designation of Chapters and distributed them into masculine and feminine; or into the threefold arrangement of virile, feminile and puerile.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	feminile
释义	† feminileadj. Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin fēmina , -il suffix. Etymology: < classical Latin fēmina woman (see female n.) + -il suffix, after e.g. virile adj., puerile adj., juvenile adj., etc. Compare Old Occitan feminil , femenil , Italian femminile (a1294). Compare earlier feminine adj. Obsolete. rare before 19th cent. = feminine adj. (in various senses). ΘΚΠ the world > people > person > woman > [adjective] > characteristic of womanisha1393 womanlyc1400 feminec1425 femininec1425 she1531 wifish1535 female1566 ladylike1566 womenish1604 tender-hefteda1616 ladied1628 feminary1630 feminile1650 feminal1875 1650 J. Bulwer Anthropometamorphosis iii. 64 This forehead is also called a great forehead, if it be compared with a feminile forehead. 1818 European Mag. & London Rev. Dec. 491/1 In her countenance there was no indication of feminile softness. 1834 R. Southey Doctor I. 188 It might have been well if I had decided upon a farther designation of Chapters and distributed them into masculine and feminine; or into the threefold arrangement of virile, feminile and puerile. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < adj.1650
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