feminineness

  • 11femininity — I (Roget s IV) n. 1. [The quality of being feminine] Syn. womanhood, femaleness, feminineness, femineity, muliebrity, womanliness, softness, gentleness, delicacy, feminine principle, yin; see also gentleness 2 , kindness 1 . 2. [Effeminacy] Syn.… …

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  • 12femaleness — noun the properties characteristic of the female sex • Syn: ↑feminineness • Ant: ↑maleness • Derivationally related forms: ↑feminine (for: ↑feminineness), ↑female …

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  • 13feminine — 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… …

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  • 14feminine — 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… …

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  • 15Superficial charm — For other uses of the word charm see charm. Superficial charm (or glib charm) is the tendency to be smooth, engaging, charming, slick, and verbally facile. [1] The phrase often appears in lists of attributes of psychopathic personalities, such as …

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  • 16womanhood — Synonyms and related words: adulthood, adultness, age of consent, distaff side, driving age, fair sex, female sex, femaleness, feminacy, feminality, femineity, feminineness, femininity, flower of age, full age, full bloom, full growth,… …

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  • 17femaleness — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun The quality or condition of being feminine: feminineness, femininity, womanliness. See GENDER …

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  • 18womanliness — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun The quality or condition of being feminine: femaleness, feminineness, femininity. See GENDER …

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  • 19feminine — 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… …

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  • 20feminality — n. Womanhood, femineity, female nature, feminineness, feminacy …

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