feminityn.

Brit.

/fᵻˈmɪnᵻti/, U.S.

/fəˈmɪnᵻdi/

Forms: Middle English femenyte, Middle English femynete, Middle English–1500s femynyte, 1500s feminytee, 1500s femynitie, 1500s–1600s feminitie, 1600s– feminity, 1800s femenitye; also Scottish pre-1700 faminitie, pre-1700 feminite, pre-1700 feminitie, pre-1700 femynite.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French feminité.

Etymology: < Middle French, French feminité qualities considered proper to a woman (1265 in Old French) < classical Latin fēmina woman (see female n.) + Old French -ité -ity suffix. Compare femininity n. Now largely superseded by femininity, and in some later examples perhaps a typographical error for this word.

a. = femininity n. 1a.Apparently not recorded in 17th cent.

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

c1415 (c1390) G. Chaucer Man of Law's Tale (Lansd.) (1871) l. 360 O serpent vnder femenyte.

c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) ii. l. 4972 Sche was in soth þe most womanly..trewe example of femynyte.

a1500 in F. J. Furnivall Polit., Relig., & Love Poems (1903) 71 Goodnes, the Rote of all vertve, whiche Rotide is in youre femynete.

1543 ( Chron. J. Hardyng (1812) 18 Iohn borne in Gaunt..wedded dame Blaunch, ful of feminytee.

1595 E. Spenser Colin Clouts come Home Againe sig. C3^v She is the..mirrhor of feminitie.

1777 F. Brooke Excursion II. v. ix. 54 That lovely feminity so conspicuously wanting in his Dorignon.

1869 R. Browning Ring & Bk. III. ix. 189 Put forth each charm And proper floweret of feminity.

1916 Sci. Monthly Jan. 84 Out of this conception of aristocratic feminity how many thousands of our women have half-starved themselves.

2002 D. Aitkenhead Promised Land xii. 124 A parody of what they must have taken for sexy feminity, a kind of lap-dancer routine of shoulders and come-get-me-eyes.

b. = femininity n. 1b. Now rare.Apparently not recorded in 18th cent.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > sex and gender > female > effeminacy > [noun]

effeminateness1558

effeminacy1571

gingerliness1583

mollitude1599

mollities1604

invirility1628

femality?1643

womanlishness1648

feminity1669

ladyness1671

Miss Mollyism1834

femininity1855

Miss Nancyism1860

sissiness1892

camp1909

sissification1910

camping1922

lavender1929

1669 H. More Expos. 7 Epist. vi. 83 There being all these symptoms of Feminity in the Church of Rome.

1890 J. Forster in Academy 23 Aug. 149/2 There is..a decided note of feminity in his genius; a want of manly strength.

1918 R. Werther Autobiogr. Androgyne (2008) 23 (heading) Feminity betrayed in voice.

1974 E. Furman Child's Parent Dies iv. 93 In time Jim externalized his passivity and feminity onto the twin.

2. Women considered collectively; womankind; cf. femininity n. 2. †queen of feminity: queen of the Amazons; cf. feminie n. 2. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > people > person > woman > [noun] > women collectively

wifkinOE

womanOE

womankinc1175

womankindc1175

womenkina1387

womenkinda1387

womanhoodc1405

feminityc1425

femininityc1450

femininec1451

the fair (also gentle, soft, weak, etc.) sex1536

the second sex1536

the woman sex1536

feminie1541

mesdames1552

the fairer (also gentler, softer, weaker, etc.) sex1578

sex1589

ladyhooda1666

fair1687

wimmin1710

womenfolk1729

mesdemoiselles1739

the female of the species1795

femalitiesc1801

ladykind1829

womanity1836

womandom1838

ladydom1843

petticoatery1849

tea-body1865

muslin1884

the skirt1899

quim1909

womyn1975

womxn1991

c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) i. l. 1860 (MED) Þei seyn þat chawng and mutabilite Appropred ben to femynyte.

c1450 tr. G. Boccaccio De Claris Mulieribus (1924) l. 1214 (MED) Take hede, all men, of wytt and diuynyte Of thies wymen, and your self apply To take exemple of freyle femynyte!

a1513 H. Bradshaw Lyfe St. Werburge (1521) i. xvi. sig. e.viii Nexte in ordre..Was our blessed lady, floure of femynyte.

1554 Lydgate's Falles Most Notable Princes (new ed.) i. viii. f. xiiii/2 Theseus..weddid Apolita..The hardy quene of femynitie.

1816 W. Scott Antiquary II. vii. 185 I tell thee, Mary, Hector's understanding, and far more that of feminity, is inadequate to comprehend the extent of the loss.

1872 R. Browning Fifine xxi Provided..this feminity be followed By..Fifine!

1919 T. Dreiser Twelve Men ix. 268 I never saw..so many..wonderful specimens of exotic and in the main fleshy or sensuous feminity.

1969 Times 28 Nov. 2/4 Their coronation followed a parade of what my neighbour calculated to be three tons of feminity.

2001 C. van Boheemen-Saaf in C. van Boheemen-Saaf & C. Lamos Masculinities in Joyce 248 The figure of Molly Bloom, larger than life, re-creates the mythic stature of ancient Irish feminity.

3. The fact of being female; = femininity n. 3.

ΘΚΠ

the world > people > person > woman > [noun] > fact or state of being

womanheadc1390

womanhooda1413

womanishness1545

womankind1549

womenhead1555

womanship1608

feminineness1810

femininism1824

feminity1854

femininity1856

femininitude1878

1854 ‘F. Fern’ Shadows & Sunbeams 6 The following day, under the overwhelming consciousness of my feminity and consequent good-for-nothingness, I made my debut at Master Grey's school.

1870 Judy 2 Mar. 179/1 It is a good marriageable age, and preferable to the..chrysalis period of feminity.

1904 E. B. Holt tr. H. Münsterberg Americans xv. 377 All this [sc. instinctive aptitude for teaching]..springs purely from her feminity, and..so it happens that..the elementary schools are better conducted by their women teachers.

1986 Sydney Morning Herald (Nexis) 10 Sept. 17 In a multitude of ways the woman has been told, consciously or not, that her breasts are her signs of feminity.

2003 N. Sharda Iyer Musings on Indian Writing in Eng. x. 82 As a girl grows up, she is made to feel different from her male siblings, made to feel conscious about revealing her feminity to the male members of the family.

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

单词	feminity
释义	feminityn. Brit. /fᵻˈmɪnᵻti/, U.S. /fəˈmɪnᵻdi/ Forms: Middle English femenyte, Middle English femynete, Middle English–1500s femynyte, 1500s feminytee, 1500s femynitie, 1500s–1600s feminitie, 1600s– feminity, 1800s femenitye; also Scottish pre-1700 faminitie, pre-1700 feminite, pre-1700 feminitie, pre-1700 femynite. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French feminité. Etymology: < Middle French, French feminité qualities considered proper to a woman (1265 in Old French) < classical Latin fēmina woman (see female n.) + Old French -ité -ity suffix. Compare femininity n. Now largely superseded by femininity, and in some later examples perhaps a typographical error for this word. 1. a. = femininity n. 1a.Apparently not recorded in 17th cent. 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 c1415 (c1390) G. Chaucer Man of Law's Tale (Lansd.) (1871) l. 360 O serpent vnder femenyte. c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) ii. l. 4972 Sche was in soth þe most womanly..trewe example of femynyte. a1500 in F. J. Furnivall Polit., Relig., & Love Poems (1903) 71 Goodnes, the Rote of all vertve, whiche Rotide is in youre femynete. 1543 ( Chron. J. Hardyng (1812) 18 Iohn borne in Gaunt..wedded dame Blaunch, ful of feminytee. 1595 E. Spenser Colin Clouts come Home Againe sig. C3^v She is the..mirrhor of feminitie. 1777 F. Brooke Excursion II. v. ix. 54 That lovely feminity so conspicuously wanting in his Dorignon. 1869 R. Browning Ring & Bk. III. ix. 189 Put forth each charm And proper floweret of feminity. 1916 Sci. Monthly Jan. 84 Out of this conception of aristocratic feminity how many thousands of our women have half-starved themselves. 2002 D. Aitkenhead Promised Land xii. 124 A parody of what they must have taken for sexy feminity, a kind of lap-dancer routine of shoulders and come-get-me-eyes. b. = femininity n. 1b. Now rare.Apparently not recorded in 18th cent. ΘΚΠ the world > life > sex and gender > female > effeminacy > [noun] effeminateness1558 effeminacy1571 gingerliness1583 mollitude1599 mollities1604 invirility1628 femality?1643 womanlishness1648 feminity1669 ladyness1671 Miss Mollyism1834 femininity1855 Miss Nancyism1860 sissiness1892 camp1909 sissification1910 camping1922 lavender1929 1669 H. More Expos. 7 Epist. vi. 83 There being all these symptoms of Feminity in the Church of Rome. 1890 J. Forster in Academy 23 Aug. 149/2 There is..a decided note of feminity in his genius; a want of manly strength. 1918 R. Werther Autobiogr. Androgyne (2008) 23 (heading) Feminity betrayed in voice. 1974 E. Furman Child's Parent Dies iv. 93 In time Jim externalized his passivity and feminity onto the twin. 2. Women considered collectively; womankind; cf. femininity n. 2. †queen of feminity: queen of the Amazons; cf. feminie n. 2. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > people > person > woman > [noun] > women collectively wifkinOE womanOE womankinc1175 womankindc1175 womenkina1387 womenkinda1387 womanhoodc1405 feminityc1425 femininityc1450 femininec1451 the fair (also gentle, soft, weak, etc.) sex1536 the second sex1536 the woman sex1536 feminie1541 mesdames1552 the fairer (also gentler, softer, weaker, etc.) sex1578 sex1589 ladyhooda1666 fair1687 wimmin1710 womenfolk1729 mesdemoiselles1739 the female of the species1795 femalitiesc1801 ladykind1829 womanity1836 womandom1838 ladydom1843 petticoatery1849 tea-body1865 muslin1884 the skirt1899 quim1909 womyn1975 womxn1991 c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) i. l. 1860 (MED) Þei seyn þat chawng and mutabilite Appropred ben to femynyte. c1450 tr. G. Boccaccio De Claris Mulieribus (1924) l. 1214 (MED) Take hede, all men, of wytt and diuynyte Of thies wymen, and your self apply To take exemple of freyle femynyte! a1513 H. Bradshaw Lyfe St. Werburge (1521) i. xvi. sig. e.viii Nexte in ordre..Was our blessed lady, floure of femynyte. 1554 Lydgate's Falles Most Notable Princes (new ed.) i. viii. f. xiiii/2 Theseus..weddid Apolita..The hardy quene of femynitie. 1816 W. Scott Antiquary II. vii. 185 I tell thee, Mary, Hector's understanding, and far more that of feminity, is inadequate to comprehend the extent of the loss. 1872 R. Browning Fifine xxi Provided..this feminity be followed By..Fifine! 1919 T. Dreiser Twelve Men ix. 268 I never saw..so many..wonderful specimens of exotic and in the main fleshy or sensuous feminity. 1969 Times 28 Nov. 2/4 Their coronation followed a parade of what my neighbour calculated to be three tons of feminity. 2001 C. van Boheemen-Saaf in C. van Boheemen-Saaf & C. Lamos Masculinities in Joyce 248 The figure of Molly Bloom, larger than life, re-creates the mythic stature of ancient Irish feminity. 3. The fact of being female; = femininity n. 3. ΘΚΠ the world > people > person > woman > [noun] > fact or state of being womanheadc1390 womanhooda1413 womanishness1545 womankind1549 womenhead1555 womanship1608 feminineness1810 femininism1824 feminity1854 femininity1856 femininitude1878 1854 ‘F. Fern’ Shadows & Sunbeams 6 The following day, under the overwhelming consciousness of my feminity and consequent good-for-nothingness, I made my debut at Master Grey's school. 1870 Judy 2 Mar. 179/1 It is a good marriageable age, and preferable to the..chrysalis period of feminity. 1904 E. B. Holt tr. H. Münsterberg Americans xv. 377 All this [sc. instinctive aptitude for teaching]..springs purely from her feminity, and..so it happens that..the elementary schools are better conducted by their women teachers. 1986 Sydney Morning Herald (Nexis) 10 Sept. 17 In a multitude of ways the woman has been told, consciously or not, that her breasts are her signs of feminity. 2003 N. Sharda Iyer Musings on Indian Writing in Eng. x. 82 As a girl grows up, she is made to feel different from her male siblings, made to feel conscious about revealing her feminity to the male members of the family. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1415
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