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1. Associated with women and not with men
   "feminine intuition"
    
2. Of grammatical gender
    
3. Befitting or characteristic of a woman especially a mature woman
   "feminine virtues of gentleness and compassion"
   - womanly
    
4. (music or poetry) ending on an unaccented beat or syllable
   "a feminine ending"

1. A gender that refers chiefly (but not exclusively) to females or to objects classified as female

Derived forms: feminines

See also: distaff, fair, female, feminineness, femininity, maidenlike, maidenly, matronly, powder-puff, unstressed, womanlike

Type of: gender, grammatical gender

Antonym: masculine, neuter

Encyclopedia: Feminine