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   feminine

   /ˈfɛmɪnɪn/

   adjective

   • 1. having qualities or an appearance traditionally associated with women: "the snowdrops gave a feminine touch to the table" Similar womanlywomanlikeladylikegirlishfemalesoftdelicategentletendergracefulrefinedmodestinformal:girlyarchaic:feminal
   • ▪ relating to women; female: "a feminine voice"
   • 2. of or denoting a gender of nouns and adjectives, conventionally regarded as female.

   noun

   • 1. the female sex or gender: "the association of the arts with the feminine"
   • 2. a feminine word or form.

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Latin femininus, from femina ‘woman’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. femininely adverb
   • 2. feminineness noun

   Scrabble Points: 13

   • F

     4

   • E

     1

   • M

     3

   • I

     1

   • N

     1

   • I

     1

   • N

     1

   • E

     1

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