Femininity

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Femininity \Fem`i*nin"i*ty\, n.
     1. The quality or nature of the female sex; womanliness.
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     2. The female form. [Obs.]
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              O serpent under femininitee.          --Chaucer.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  femininity
       n : the trait of behaving in ways considered typical for women
           [syn: {muliebrity}] [ant: {masculinity}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  18 Moby Thesaurus words for "femininity":
     distaff side, fair sex, female sex, femaleness, gender, maleness,
     masculinity, second sex, sex, softer sex, weaker sex,
     weaker vessel, woman, womanhood, womankind, women, womenfolk,
     womenfolks