adj.
- having qualities traditionally associated with women, especially delicacy and prettiness.
▸female.
- Grammar of or denoting a gender of nouns and adjectives, conventionally regarded as female.
n.
(
the feminine)
the female sex or gender.
Derivative
- femineity n. (archaic).
- femininely adv.
- feminineness n.
- femininity n.
Etymology
ME: from L. femininus, from femina ‘woman’.