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femalize, v.|ˈfiːməlaɪz|
[f. female a. + -ize.]
†1. intr. To become effeminate or unmanly. Obs.
1674T. Duffet Sp. Rogue 11, Men are so Femaliz'd, so idle grown, They court the Coy, and slight what may be won.
2. trans. To give a feminine designation or ending to. [See quots. for ppl. a.]
Hence ˈfemalized ppl. a.
1709Shaftesbury Freedom of Wit & Humour (1711) I. iii. §i. 105 note, When they consider..the very Formation of the word κοινονοηµοσύνη upon the Model of the other femaliz'd Virtues, the Εὐγνωµοσύνη, σωϕροσύνη, Δικαιοσύνη, ect., they will no longer hesitate on this Interpretation. 1887N. & Q. 7th Ser. III. 95 The following femalized Christian names: Alexandrina, Andrewina..and Williamina. |