feminalityn.

Brit.

/ˌfɛmᵻˈnalᵻti/, U.S.

/ˌfɛməˈnælədi/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin feminalis , -ty suffix¹.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin feminalis of or relating to a woman (see feminal adj.) + -ty suffix¹; compare -ity suffix. Compare later feminal adj.

1. The quality or condition of being female; female or feminine characteristics; femaleness; femininity.

ΘΚΠ

the world > people > person > woman > [noun] > womanly qualities or characteristics

tendernessa1387

femininityc1405

feminityc1415

womanhoodc1430

womanc1440

womanliness1538

muliebrity?1592

woman1619

feminality1646

femality1702

femineity1741

feminacy1776

feminility1824

womanism1824

feminism1841

womanness1841

feminicity1843

womanity1843

femininitude1878

the eternal feminine1892

marianismo1972

1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica iii. xvii. 148 In the minority of naturall vigor, the parts of feminality take place.

1718 G. Farquhar Inconstant iv. ii. 41 Not half so much, as devoting 'em [sc. a beautiful face and person] to a pretty Fellow: If our Feminality had no Business in this World, why was it sent hither?

1776 J. Fordyce Char. & Conduct Female Sex iii. 83 Feminality is gone..whatever makes the male character most rough, and turbulent, is taken up by a creature, that was designed to tranquillize and smooth it.

1824 Port Folio 18 104 In the true spirit of feminality I ought to commence with a description of my personal appearance.

1883 E. Lynn Linton Social Ess. II. 10 Thinking..womanhood a mistake in exact proportion to its feminality.

1911 A. M. Low Amer. People II. vi. 96 The more he catered to her feminality, the more he felt he was preserving that boundary between the sexes that had been laid down in the earliest colonial times.

1991 B. M. Stafford Body Crit. 1993 vi. 432 Alibert could have been describing the feminality of the present-day television monitor when he outlined his view of pliant organs receptive to, and hungry for, sensuous encounters.

a. Usually in plural. A word, act, trait, etc., considered as particularly feminine or characteristic of women. Now rare.In quot. 1791: a feminine topic of conversation.

ΚΠ

1765 E. Montagu Let. 16 July in S. H. Myers Blue Stocking Circle (1990) v. 124 He [sc. Addison] does all he can to cure our sex of their feminalities without making them masculine.

1791 M. J. Young Family Party I. iii. 46 These feminalities are all entirely between ourselves.

1817 E. B. Lester Bachelor & Married Man III. xxi. 53 That same ‘but’ is a little feminality we women are introducing on every occasion.

1840 F. M. Trollope One Fault II. v. 104 While these little feminalities were silently passing between the ladies, [etc.].

1875 M. A. Duffus-Hardy Lizzie I. viii. 215 You are not like those foolish women who like to keep a fellow dangling about them. You are above those small feminalities.

1901 Libr. Assoc. Rec. Feb. 77 Her books are full of tea-parties, picnics and feminalities.

b. An article associated with or considered to appeal to women; esp. a trinket; a knick-knack. Now rare and poetic.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > types of ornamentation > [noun] > cheap or gaudy > gewgaw or trinket > collectively

trifling?1544

trinklement1582

gallantry1687

fegary1724

knick-knackery1801

trinketry1810

feminality1840

foofaraw1848

baublery1850

pretty-prettya1882

slum1929

1840 Mrs. Trollope in New Monthly Mag. 60 199 All these pretty ‘feminalities’.

1874 Victoria Mag. Dec. 167 Mrs. Temple had taught him to know well how much money may be squandered in feminalities.

1888 J. Kirkland in Ridpath Libr. Universal Lit. (1898) XV. at Kirkland, Caroline Matilda Pincushions and such like feminalities were then proposed.

1990 W. Coleman in N. Coles & P. Oresick For Living (1995) 106 I sport..a six-shooter & bullets instead of a potpourri of feminalities.

†3. The person of a woman; a woman. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > people > person > woman > [noun] > personality of

feminality1825

1825 New Monthly Mag. 14 262 Ladies are not permitted to advance their feminalities beyond so chaste a threshold.

1838 in J. C. Neal Charcoal Sketches (ed. 2) 20 He took her for a feminine feminality, and yielded himself a victim to sympathy and the general welfare.

1867 E. L. Linton Sowing Wind III. i. 10 She was one of those plastic feminalities who love to cosset and flatter men of superior condition.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	feminality
释义	feminalityn. Brit. /ˌfɛmᵻˈnalᵻti/, U.S. /ˌfɛməˈnælədi/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin feminalis , -ty suffix¹. Etymology: < post-classical Latin feminalis of or relating to a woman (see feminal adj.) + -ty suffix¹; compare -ity suffix. Compare later feminal adj. 1. The quality or condition of being female; female or feminine characteristics; femaleness; femininity. ΘΚΠ the world > people > person > woman > [noun] > womanly qualities or characteristics tendernessa1387 femininityc1405 feminityc1415 womanhoodc1430 womanc1440 womanliness1538 muliebrity?1592 woman1619 feminality1646 femality1702 femineity1741 feminacy1776 feminility1824 womanism1824 feminism1841 womanness1841 feminicity1843 womanity1843 femininitude1878 the eternal feminine1892 marianismo1972 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica iii. xvii. 148 In the minority of naturall vigor, the parts of feminality take place. View more context for this quotation 1718 G. Farquhar Inconstant iv. ii. 41 Not half so much, as devoting 'em [sc. a beautiful face and person] to a pretty Fellow: If our Feminality had no Business in this World, why was it sent hither? 1776 J. Fordyce Char. & Conduct Female Sex iii. 83 Feminality is gone..whatever makes the male character most rough, and turbulent, is taken up by a creature, that was designed to tranquillize and smooth it. 1824 Port Folio 18 104 In the true spirit of feminality I ought to commence with a description of my personal appearance. 1883 E. Lynn Linton Social Ess. II. 10 Thinking..womanhood a mistake in exact proportion to its feminality. 1911 A. M. Low Amer. People II. vi. 96 The more he catered to her feminality, the more he felt he was preserving that boundary between the sexes that had been laid down in the earliest colonial times. 1991 B. M. Stafford Body Crit. 1993 vi. 432 Alibert could have been describing the feminality of the present-day television monitor when he outlined his view of pliant organs receptive to, and hungry for, sensuous encounters. 2. a. Usually in plural. A word, act, trait, etc., considered as particularly feminine or characteristic of women. Now rare.In quot. 1791: a feminine topic of conversation. ΚΠ 1765 E. Montagu Let. 16 July in S. H. Myers Blue Stocking Circle (1990) v. 124 He [sc. Addison] does all he can to cure our sex of their feminalities without making them masculine. 1791 M. J. Young Family Party I. iii. 46 These feminalities are all entirely between ourselves. 1817 E. B. Lester Bachelor & Married Man III. xxi. 53 That same ‘but’ is a little feminality we women are introducing on every occasion. 1840 F. M. Trollope One Fault II. v. 104 While these little feminalities were silently passing between the ladies, [etc.]. 1875 M. A. Duffus-Hardy Lizzie I. viii. 215 You are not like those foolish women who like to keep a fellow dangling about them. You are above those small feminalities. 1901 Libr. Assoc. Rec. Feb. 77 Her books are full of tea-parties, picnics and feminalities. b. An article associated with or considered to appeal to women; esp. a trinket; a knick-knack. Now rare and poetic. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > types of ornamentation > [noun] > cheap or gaudy > gewgaw or trinket > collectively trifling?1544 trinklement1582 gallantry1687 fegary1724 knick-knackery1801 trinketry1810 feminality1840 foofaraw1848 baublery1850 pretty-prettya1882 slum1929 1840 Mrs. Trollope in New Monthly Mag. 60 199 All these pretty ‘feminalities’. 1874 Victoria Mag. Dec. 167 Mrs. Temple had taught him to know well how much money may be squandered in feminalities. 1888 J. Kirkland in Ridpath Libr. Universal Lit. (1898) XV. at Kirkland, Caroline Matilda Pincushions and such like feminalities were then proposed. 1990 W. Coleman in N. Coles & P. Oresick For Living (1995) 106 I sport..a six-shooter & bullets instead of a potpourri of feminalities. †3. The person of a woman; a woman. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > people > person > woman > [noun] > personality of feminality1825 1825 New Monthly Mag. 14 262 Ladies are not permitted to advance their feminalities beyond so chaste a threshold. 1838 in J. C. Neal Charcoal Sketches (ed. 2) 20 He took her for a feminine feminality, and yielded himself a victim to sympathy and the general welfare. 1867 E. L. Linton Sowing Wind III. i. 10 She was one of those plastic feminalities who love to cosset and flatter men of superior condition. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1646
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