feminine
adjective
being or relating to to a woman or girl.
feminines
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pluralof feminine.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Although made with contemporary means, Hill’s smeary feminines recall the sharper-edged experiments of Cubists and Futurists.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 25, 2016
How you two feminines must have suffered—one from hopeless love— and the other from helpless sympathy.
From Further Adventures of Quincy Adams Sawyer and Mason Corner Folks by Charles Felton Pidgin
The dinner bell will ring in a few moments," Helen declared presently, "and we must both make ourselves fit to be seen, not of men, but between thirty and forty feminines.
From Helen Grant's Schooldays by Amanda M. Douglas
About the end of the 11th century feminines not ending in e = ǝ take, by analogy of the masculines, s in the nom. sing., thus distinguishing nom. flors from acc. flor.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 1 "Franciscans" to "French Language" by Various
The four feminines, as usual, dropped down in a row.
From From the Oak to the Olive A Plain record of a Pleasant Journey by Julia Ward Howe
