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FEM'ININE, a. L. femininus, from femina, woman. The first syllable may be and probably is from wemb or womb, by the use of f for w the b not being radical. The last part of the word is probably from man, quasi, femman, womb-man.
1. Pertaining to a woman, or to women, or to females as the female sex.
2. soft tender delicate.
Her heavenly form angelic, but more soft and feminine.
3. Effeminate destitute of manly qualities.
4. In grammar, denoting the gender or words which signify females, or the terminations of such words. words are said to be of the feminine gender, when they denote females, or have the terminations proper to express females in any given language. Thus in L. dominus, a lord, is masculine but domina, is mistress, a female.
Milton uses feminine as a noun, for female.
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Dictionary of Words from the King James Bible. Public Domain. Copy freely.
Material presented was supplied by Brandon Staggs and was derived from the KJV Dictionary found on his website located at av1611.com.
The unabridged 1828 version of this dictionary in the SwordSearcher Bible Software.
Dictionary of Words from the King James Bible. Public Domain. Copy freely.
Material presented was supplied by Brandon Staggs and was derived from the KJV Dictionary found on his website located at av1611.com.
The unabridged 1828 version of this dictionary in the SwordSearcher Bible Software.
Bibliography Information
Entry for 'Feminine'. King James Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/kjd/f/feminine.html.
Entry for 'Feminine'. King James Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/kjd/f/feminine.html.
