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† ˈfeminate, a. Obs. rare.
[ad. L. fēmināt-us, f. fēmina woman.]
a. Resembling a woman; effeminate.
b. Female, feminine.
a1533Ld. Berners Gold. Bk. M. Aurel. (1546) L l, With halfe a berde, as a feminate man. 1557North tr. Gueuara's Diall of Princes 82 a/1 Money doth not only breake the feminate and tender hartes, but also the hard and craggy rockes. 1633Ford Broken H. v. iii, A nation warlike..cannot brook A feminate authority.
Hence † ˈfeminately adv. Obs.
1598Florio, Inzazzeare, to goe walking wantony, idly or feminatlie vp and downe the streetes. |