pertaining to a woman or girl: feminine beauty; feminine dress.
having qualities traditionally ascribed to women, as sensitivity or gentleness.
effeminate; womanish: a man with a feminine walk.
belonging to the female sex; female: feminine staff members.
Grammar. noting or pertaining to that one of the three genders of Latin, Greek, German, etc., or one of the two genders of French, Spanish, Hebrew, etc., having among its members most nouns referring to females, as well as other nouns, as Latin stella “star,” or German Zeit “time.”
nounGrammar.
the feminine gender.
a noun or other element in or marking that gender.
Origin of feminine
First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English femynyn(e), from Anglo-French, Old French: feminine of adjective feminin, from Latin fēminīnus, equivalent to fēmin(a) “woman” (see fetus) + -īnus -ine1
At one point in my teens I was seen as a person who was too feminine.
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In that case, Ann Hopkins received advice from her employer that, if she wanted to make partner at the firm, she should act more feminine.
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I think that a lot of people thought, well, you’re saying girls can’t be feminine.
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All other issues—racial, feminine, even environmental—need to fit around this central objective.
Time to Bring Back the Truman Democrats|Joel Kotkin|December 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In Northanger Abbey, Jane Austen defends the novel against critics who dismiss it as frivolous and feminine.
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“I had this feminine, classical image [of myself] that would have totally been destroyed,” she said.
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Betty Friedan put the feelings of our mothers to words, publishing The Feminine Mystique.
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However, the “feminine” product industry was long in need of a revamp.
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Great numbers of people are passing to and fro, an excess of the feminine element being generally observable.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 121, November, 1867|Various
In the interior of their abode, they occupy themselves with feminine tasks, and fervently perform the rites of their religion.
The Smuggler Chief|Gustave Aimard
There were little nothings, punctuated by trills of feminine laughter.
The Christian|Hall Caine
Amongst her other feminine qualities she had that of being a perfect dissembler.
The History of Henry Esmond, Esq.|W. M. Thackeray
I would like to have run from Limerick Junction up to Limerick, says a feminine member of the quartette.
The Chautauquan, Vol. III, December 1882|The Chautauquan Literary and Scientific Circle
British Dictionary definitions for feminine
feminine
/ (ˈfɛmɪnɪn) /
adjective
suitable to or characteristic of a womana feminine fashion
possessing qualities or characteristics considered typical of or appropriate to a woman
effeminate; womanish
grammar
denoting or belonging to a gender of nouns, occurring in many inflected languages, that includes all kinds of referents as well as some female animate referents
(as noun)German Zeit ``time'' and Ehe ``marriage'' are feminines