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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a gender that refers chiefly (but not exclusively) to females or to objects classified as female;


ADJECTIVE (4)

1. associated with women and not with men;
- Example: "feminine intuition"

2. of grammatical gender;

3. befitting or characteristic of a woman especially a mature woman;
- Example: "womanly virtues of gentleness and compassion"
[syn: womanly, feminine]

4. (music or poetry) ending on an unaccented beat or syllable;
- Example: "a feminine ending"


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Feminine \Fem"i*nine\, n. 1. A woman. [Obs. or Colloq.] [1913 Webster] They guide the feminines toward the palace. --Hakluyt. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] There are but few true feminines in English. --Latham. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Feminine \Fem"i*nine\, a. [L. femininus, fr. femina woman; prob. akin to L. fetus, or to Gr. qh^sqai to suck, qh^sai to suckle, Skr. dh[=a] to suck; cf. AS. f[=ae]mme woman, maid: cf. F. f['e]minin. See Fetus.] 1. Of or pertaining to a woman, or to women; characteristic of a woman; womanish; womanly. [1913 Webster] Her letters are remarkably deficient in feminine ease and grace. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] Her heavenly form Angelic, but more soft and feminine. --Milton. [1913 Webster] Ninus being esteemed no man of war at all, but altogether feminine, and subject to ease and delicacy. --Sir W. Raleigh. [1913 Webster] Feminine rhyme. (Pros.) See Female rhyme, under Female, a. Syn: See Female, a. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

feminine adj 1: associated with women and not with men; "feminine intuition" [ant: masculine] 2: of grammatical gender [ant: masculine, neuter] 3: befitting or characteristic of a woman especially a mature woman; "womanly virtues of gentleness and compassion" [syn: womanly, feminine] [ant: unwomanly] 4: (music or poetry) ending on an unaccented beat or syllable; "a feminine ending" n 1: a gender that refers chiefly (but not exclusively) to females or to objects classified as female
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

37 Moby Thesaurus words for "feminine": affected, amenable, animate, common gender, deferential, delicate, distaff, docile, effeminate, effete, female, gender, gentle, gentlewomanlike, girlish, gynecic, gynecoid, gynic, inanimate, kittenish, ladylike, little-girlish, maidenly, masculine, matronal, matronlike, matronly, muliebral, neuter, petticoat, soft, submissive, tender, unmanly, womanish, womanlike, womanly