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<syn>Syn. -- See <er>Female</er>, <tt>a.</tt></syn>

<h1>Feminine</h1> <Xpage=551>

<hw>Fem"i*nine</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A woman.</def> <mark>[Obs. or Colloq.]</mark>

<blockquote>They guide the <b>feminines</b> toward the palace. <i>Hakluyt.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Gram.)</fld> <def>Any one of those words which are the appellations of females, or which have the terminations usually found in such words; as, <i>actress</i>, <i>songstress</i>, <i>abbess</i>, <i>executrix</i>.</def>

<blockquote>There are but few true <b>feminines</b> in English. <i>Latham.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Femininely</h1> <Xpage=551>

<hw>Fem"i*nine*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a feminine manner.</def>

<i>Byron.</i>

<h1>Feminineness</h1> <Xpage=551>

<hw>Fem"i*nine*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The quality of being feminine; womanliness; womanishness.</def>

<h1>Femininity</h1> <Xpage=551>

<hw>Fem`i*nin"i*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The quality or nature of the female sex; womanliness.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The female form.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>O serpent under <b>femininitee</b>. <i>Chaucer.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Feminity</h1> <Xpage=551>

<hw>Fe*min"i*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Womanliness; femininity.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> "Trained up in true <b>feminity</b>."

<i>Spenser.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Feminization</h1> <Xpage=551>

<hw>Fem`i*ni*za"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The act of feminizing, or the state of being feminized.</def>

<h1>Feminize</h1> <Xpage=551>

<hw>Fem"i*nize</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>f\'82miniser</ets>.]</ety> <def>To make womanish or effeminate.</def>

<i>Dr. H. More.</i>

<h1>Feminye</h1> <Xpage=551>

<hw>Fem"i*nye</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OF. <ets>femenie</ets>, <ets>feminie</ets>, the female sex, realm of women.]</ety> <def>The people called Amazons.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> "[The reign of] <i>feminye</i>." <i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Femme</h1> <Xpage=551>

<hw>Femme</hw> <tt>(? &or; ?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F.]</ety> <def>A woman. See <er>Feme</er>, <tt>n.</tt></def>

<cs><col>Femme de chambre</col> <tt>(?)</tt>. <ety>[F.]</ety> <cd>A lady's maid; a chambermaid.</cd></cs>