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Fem"i*nine (?), a. [L. femininus, fr. femina woman; prob. akin to L. fetus, or to Gr. qh^sqai to suck, qh^sai to suckle, Skr. dh&ā; to suck; cf. AS. f&aē_;mme woman, maid: cf. F. féminin. See Fetus.] 1. Of or pertaining to a woman, or to women; characteristic of a woman; womanish; womanly.
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Her letters are remarkably deficient in feminine ease and grace. Macaulay.
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2. Having the qualities of a woman; becoming or appropriate to the female sex; as, in a good sense, modest, graceful, affectionate, confiding; or, in a bad sense, weak, nerveless, timid, pleasure-loving, effeminate.
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Her heavenly form
Angelic, but more soft and feminine. Milton.
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Ninus being esteemed no man of war at all, but altogether feminine, and subject to ease and delicacy. Sir W. Raleigh.
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Feminine rhyme. (Pros.) See Female rhyme, under Female, a.

Syn. -- See Female, a.
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Fem"i*nine, n. 1. A woman. [Obs. or Colloq.]
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They guide the feminines toward the palace. Hakluyt.
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2. (Gram.) Any one of those words which are the appellations of females, or which have the terminations usually found in such words; as, actress, songstress, abbess, executrix.
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There are but few true feminines in English. Latham.
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