femininenessn.
/ˈfɛmᵻnᵻnnᵻs/, U.S. /ˈfɛmɛnə(n)nəs/ The state or quality of being feminine (in various senses); womanliness; femininity.
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the world > people > person > woman > [noun] > fact or state of being
womanheadc1390
womanhooda1413
womanishness1545
womankind1549
womenhead1555
womanship1608
feminineness1810
femininism1824
feminity1854
femininity1856
femininitude1878
1810 Monthly Anthol. & Boston Rev. May 337 A character embracing the whole circle of virtues; the perfect feminineness of which..owes its brilliancy to its whiteness.
1859 Times 23 Nov. 8/4 Buoncompagni..is gentle even to feminineness.
1890 Blackwood's Mag. 147 258/2 Without derogating from her feminineness.
1939 N. Waln Reaching for Stars 40 We strolled under the trees, noticing..the feminineness of the girls' dresses.
1973 J. Sochen Movers & Shakers iv. 183 Women have always been judged solely by their feminineness and never their humanness, the result being that women have always been dependent, passive, and indecisive.
1998 Hamilton (Ont.) Spectator (Nexis) 3 Dec. b3 I love the feminineness of it [sc. faux fur]; no man can wear this.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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