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21feminine — 01. Her father thought that women who were strong and confident were not really [feminine]. 02. The traditional [feminine] role is that of a housewife and mother. 03. Our apartment has a very [feminine] look with its soft colors, and pictures of… …
22feminine — I. adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French feminin, from Latin femininus, from femina woman; akin to Old English delu nipple, Latin filius son, felix, fetus, & fecundus fruitful, felare to suck, Greek thēlē nipple Date: 14th… …
23feminine ending — 1. Pros. an unaccented syllable at the close of a line of poetry, often one that is added to the metrical pattern as an extra syllable. 2. Gram. a termination or final syllable marking a feminine word: In Latin a is a feminine ending for the… …
24feminine — femininely, adv. feminineness, n. /fem euh nin/, adj. 1. pertaining to a woman or girl: feminine beauty; feminine dress. 2. having qualities traditionally ascribed to women, as sensitivity or gentleness. 3. effeminate; womanish: a man with a… …
25feminine — /ˈfɛmənən / (say femuhnuhn) adjective 1. relating to a woman. 2. characterised by qualities possessed, or traditionally thought to be possessed, by women. 3. belonging to the female sex. 4. Grammar denoting or relating to one of the three genders …
26feminine — fem•i•nine [[t]ˈfɛm ə nɪn[/t]] adj. 1) pertaining to or characteristic of women or girls: feminine attire[/ex] 2) off having qualities or characteristics traditionally ascribed to women, as sensitivity, delicacy, or prettiness 3) effeminate;… …
27feminine — I (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Belonging to the feminine sex] Syn. female, distaff, pistillate; see female 2 . 2. [Having qualities stereotypically associated with women] Syn. soft, womanly, delicate, gentle, ladylike, female, matronly, maidenly,… …
28The Iron Maiden — Infobox Film name = The Iron Maiden image size = caption = director = Gerald Thomas producer = Peter Rogers Frank Bevis writer = Leslie Bricusse Vivian Cox starring = Michael Craig Anne Helm Jeff Donnell Alan Hale Jr. music = Eric Rogers… …
29The Act of Marriage — articleissues refimprove = September 2007 notable = September 2007 The Act of Marriage: The Beauty of Sexual Love is a self help book, written by Christian writers Tim and Beverly LaHaye. The book is concerned with helping couples, mostly women,… …
30feminine — adjective 1》 having qualities traditionally associated with women, especially delicacy and prettiness. ↘female. 2》 Grammar of or denoting a gender of nouns and adjectives, conventionally regarded as female. noun (the feminine) the female sex… …
