femineity
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of femineity
1810–20; < Latin fēmine ( us ) of a woman ( fēmin ( a ) woman + -eus -eous ) + -ity
Example Sentences
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By what trick had they crept into the very centre of that mass of femineity?
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There was a family resemblance, but in the daughter the magic of femineity had softened the severer characteristics until they became winsome and good to look upon.
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Femineity vs. womanliness, 173, 174.
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Womanliness vs. femineity, 173, 174.
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