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Femininity   /fˌɛmənˈɪnəti/   Listen
Femininity

noun
1.
The trait of behaving in ways considered typical for women.  Synonym: muliebrity.






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"Femininity" Quotes from Famous Books



... women. He was afraid of them, at first. Then, from years of experience with the femininity of the theatre, not nearly afraid enough. So, early, he had locked that corner of his mind, and had thrown away the key. When, years after, he broke in the door, lo! (as they say when an elaborate figure of speech is being used) lo! the treasures therein had turned to dust ...
— Half Portions • Edna Ferber

... preserving on the threshold of sun-ripened womanhood the soft and pathetic graces of a docile child. Her scarlet dress left her warm arms bare and did not trespass on the slender throat; she had all the charm of intrinsic femininity which comes to fruit so early in the climate of Mozambique and fades so soon. It was this, no doubt, that had taken Scott and held him; gaunt, harsh, direct in his purposes as he was quick in his strength, with Incarnacion he found scope for the tenderness that lurked beneath ...
— McClure's Magazine, Vol. 31, No. 1, May 1908 • Various

... Howard's femininity, in comparison with Fitch's, was equally as observant; it was not as literarily brilliant in its "small talk." But though the effervescent chatter, handled with increasing dexterity by him, is now old-fashioned, "Old Dry Ink" shows that the scenes in his ...
— Shenandoah - Representative Plays by American Dramatists: 1856-1911 • Bronson Howard



Words linked to "Femininity" :   ladylikeness, trait, effeminacy, womanliness, girlishness, effeminateness, sissiness, womanlike, masculinity, maidenliness, womanishness, softness, unmanliness, feminine



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