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(1):

(a.) Of or pertaining to a woman, or to women; characteristic of a woman; womanish; womanly.

(2):

(a.) 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.

(3):

(n.) A woman.

(4):

(n.) 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.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Feminine'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​f/feminine.html. 1828.
 
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