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femality Somewhat humorous.|fɪˈmælɪtɪ|
[f. female n. + -ity. Cf. OF. femelete.]
1. Female nature or characteristics.
1754Richardson Grandison (1781) VI. xxii. 117, I was afraid of your Femality, when you came face to face. 1773Lady's Mag. IV. 3 My femality, or in other words, my curiosity was greater. 1844Marg. Fuller Wom. 19th C. (1862) 115 Feminine element spoken of as Femality.
b. pl. Samples of female character, females.
c1801T. Selwyn Warning to Batchelors ii. (MS.), Knights of the chace To be hunted yourselves were a pitiful case; Suspect these femalities.
2. Effeminacy, unmanliness.
16..Songs Lond. Prentices (Percy) 68 Disband feamality, let courage be your portion. |