Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Feminine; female.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective obsolete Feminine.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective obsolete
feminine
Etymologies
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Examples
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This supports my hypothesis that because boys are more rebelious, since we shifted to more feminate teaching styles and methodologies the percieved incidence of ADD and ADHD went up.
Credentialism Trap?, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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Now the Shat and Alan Shore and Rhona Mitra are being bounced along and Sunday nights are now ultra-feminate unwatchability.
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What is it about /w/ which would make it's removal feminate?
Literacy among Etruscan specialists less than 10% (or Alphabet Chess) 2007
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Underneath the chin, half muffling it, came a white muslin bow, soft, frail, feminate, an enchanting disclaimer of that facial sternness and the masculinity of that tailor-made dress, a signal at once provocative and wistful of the woman.
Leonora Arnold Bennett 1899
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