femineityn.

Brit.

/ˌfɛmᵻˈniːᵻti/,

/ˌfɛmᵻˈneɪᵻti/, U.S.

/ˌfɛməˈniᵻdi/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin fēmineus , -ity suffix.

Etymology: < classical Latin fēmineus of or belonging to a woman or women, proper to women, womanly, effeminate, womanish ( < fēmina woman (see female n.) + -eus : see -eous suffix) + -ity suffix. Compare post-classical Latin femineitas (14th cent. in a British source; 16th cent. in a continental source). Compare earlier femininity n.

= femininity n. (in various senses).

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

1741 J. Parsons Mech. & Crit. Enq. Hermaphrodites ii. 41 Avicenna sums up a great many Causes for Masculinity and Femineity.

1820 S. T. Coleridge Lett., Conversat., & Recoll. I. 72 The very essence of femineity seems to speak in the..true and touching words.

1864 R. F. Burton Mission to Gelele I. vi. 169 Such..was the size of the female skeleton, and the muscular development of the frame, that in many cases femineity could be detected only by the bosom.

1878 Nation 23 May 338/2 The young warrior..has a certain perplexing femineity of expression.

1901 J. W. Howe in J. W. Howe & Woman Suffrage Movement (1913) 155 I demur at the word ‘femineity’, because many will understand by it what are called ‘the amiable weaknesses’ of our sex.

1965 Poetry Jan. 261 This may be..a necessary, natural function of her femineity.

2006 Carlow (Ireland) People (Nexis) 21 Dec. The old-fashioned and out-dated among us still hold onto the values of femineity.

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

单词	femineity
释义	femineityn. Brit. /ˌfɛmᵻˈniːᵻti/, /ˌfɛmᵻˈneɪᵻti/, U.S. /ˌfɛməˈniᵻdi/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin fēmineus , -ity suffix. Etymology: < classical Latin fēmineus of or belonging to a woman or women, proper to women, womanly, effeminate, womanish ( < fēmina woman (see female n.) + -eus : see -eous suffix) + -ity suffix. Compare post-classical Latin femineitas (14th cent. in a British source; 16th cent. in a continental source). Compare earlier femininity n. = femininity n. (in various senses). 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 1741 J. Parsons Mech. & Crit. Enq. Hermaphrodites ii. 41 Avicenna sums up a great many Causes for Masculinity and Femineity. 1820 S. T. Coleridge Lett., Conversat., & Recoll. I. 72 The very essence of femineity seems to speak in the..true and touching words. 1864 R. F. Burton Mission to Gelele I. vi. 169 Such..was the size of the female skeleton, and the muscular development of the frame, that in many cases femineity could be detected only by the bosom. 1878 Nation 23 May 338/2 The young warrior..has a certain perplexing femineity of expression. 1901 J. W. Howe in J. W. Howe & Woman Suffrage Movement (1913) 155 I demur at the word ‘femineity’, because many will understand by it what are called ‘the amiable weaknesses’ of our sex. 1965 Poetry Jan. 261 This may be..a necessary, natural function of her femineity. 2006 Carlow (Ireland) People (Nexis) 21 Dec. The old-fashioned and out-dated among us still hold onto the values of femineity. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1741
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