Feminine

a.
  1. Of or pertaining to a woman, or to women; characteristic of a woman; womanish; womanly.
  2. 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.
  3. Feminine rhyme . (Pros.)
    See Female rhyme, under Female, a.

n.
  1. A woman.
  2. (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.