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feminality|fɛmɪˈnælɪtɪ|
[f. prec. + -ity.]
1. The quality or condition of a female; female nature. Now rare.
1646Sir T. Brown Pseud. Ep. iii. xvii. 148 If in the minority of naturall vigor, the parts of feminality take place. 1702Farquhar Inconstant iv. ii, Not half so much as devoting 'em [a beautiful face and person] to a pretty fellow. If our feminality had no business in this world, why was it sent hither? 1883Mrs. E. Lynn Linton Social Ess. II. 10 Thinking..womanhood a mistake in exact proportion to its feminality.
2. pl. only concr. or quasi-concr.
a. The personality of a woman; a female person.
b. A female trait or peculiarity.
c. Something that women delight in; a knick-knack.
1825New Monthly Mag. XIV. 262 Ladies are not permitted to advance their feminalities beyond so chaste a threshold. 1834Tait's Mag. I. 204 Certain feminalities..peep through every page. 1840Mrs. Trollope in New Monthly Mag. LX. 199 All these pretty ‘feminalities’. |