Feminine
a.- Of or pertaining to a woman, or to women; characteristic of a woman; womanish; womanly.
- Having the qualities of a woman; becoming or appropriate to the female sex; as, in a good sense, modest, graceful, affectionate, confiding; or, in a bad sense, weak, nerveless, timid, pleasure-loving, effeminate. Feminine rhyme . (Pros.)
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- A woman.
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(Gram.) Any one of those words which are the appellations of females, or which have the terminations usually found in such words; as,
actress ,songstress ,abbess ,executrix .