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
Of course we feminines, with nerves somewhat shattered from the events of the past week, were greatly alarmed.
From The Shirley Letters from California Mines in 1851-52 by Louise Amelia Knapp Smith Clappe
"There are no feminines or diminutives of those words, my dear."
From Life at High Tide by Henry Mills Alden
The masculines far outnumber the feminines, and the neuters contain only ēage, eye and ēare, ear.
From Anglo-Saxon Grammar and Exercise Book with Inflections, Syntax, Selections for Reading, and Glossary by C. Alphonso (Charles Alphonso) Smith
A vanguard have proceeded in advance to take possession of the deserted house; while Aunt Rachel, with her cortŠge of feminines, is fussing over "young missus."
From Our World, Or, the Slaveholder's Daughter by F. Colburn (Francis Colburn) Adams
