feminineness
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feminineness — feminineness, feminism, femininity These are the only survivors from a whole host of 19c formations which also included feminacy, feminality, feminility, and femininitude (the last a nonce word used in 1878). Feminineness and femininity have much … Modern English usage
Feminineness — Fem i*nine*ness, n. The quality of being feminine; womanliness; womanishness. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
feminineness — noun see feminine I … New Collegiate Dictionary
feminineness — noun The state or condition of being feminine. Syn: femininity … Wiktionary
feminineness — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun The quality or condition of being feminine: femaleness, femininity, womanliness. See GENDER … English dictionary for students
feminineness — fem·i·nine·ness … English syllables
feminineness — noun the properties characteristic of the female sex • Syn: ↑femaleness • Ant: ↑maleness (for: ↑femaleness) • Derivationally related forms: ↑feminine, ↑female … Useful english dictionary
feminism — feminineness, feminism, femininity These are the only survivors from a whole host of 19c formations which also included feminacy, feminality, feminility, and femininitude (the last a nonce word used in 1878). Feminineness and femininity have much … Modern English usage
femininity — feminineness, feminism, femininity These are the only survivors from a whole host of 19c formations which also included feminacy, feminality, feminility, and femininitude (the last a nonce word used in 1878). Feminineness and femininity have much … Modern English usage
femininity — I (Roget s IV) n. 1. [The quality of being feminine] Syn. womanhood, femaleness, feminineness, femineity, muliebrity, womanliness, softness, gentleness, delicacy, feminine principle, yin; see also gentleness 2 , kindness 1 . 2. [Effeminacy] Syn.… … English dictionary for students
