feminine
Word of the Day Tuesday, 4th November 2008
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adjective, suitable to or characteristic of a woman: a feminine fashion
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feminine
- 1) adjective, suitable to or characteristic of a woman: a feminine fashion
- 2) adjective, possessing qualities or characteristics considered typical of or appropriate to a woman
- 3) adjective, effeminate; womanish
- 4) adjective, grammar a) denoting or belonging to a gender of nouns, occurring in many inflected languages, that includes all kinds of referents as well as some female animate referents b) (as noun): German Zeit ``time'' and Ehe ``marriage'' are feminines
Collins English Electronic Dictionary - Digital Edition: 2008
© HarperCollins Publishers 2008
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Synonyms
camp (informal), pretty, soft, effete, girlish, gentle, womanish, ladylike, tender, effeminate, modest, delicate, womanly, weak, graceful, unmanly, girlie
feminine. you need not have to explain. just your very presence is enough. just come and stand. we will understand. very graceful. this is feminine.