feminizedadj.

Brit.

/ˈfɛmᵻnʌɪzd/, U.S.

/ˈfɛməˌnaɪzd/

Forms: 1600s– feminized, 1700s– feminised.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element; modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: Latin fēmina , -ized suffix.

Etymology: < classical Latin fēmina woman (see female n.) + -ized suffix, probably after French féminiser feminize v. Compare later feminize v.

1. That is or has become feminine (in various senses) in nature or character; made feminine; emasculated.

ΘΚΠ

the world > people > person > woman > [adjective] > made womanly

feminized1652

womanized1839

1652 J. Wright tr. J.-P. Camus Nature's Paradox 113 Her vigorous exercises made them incline to the thought of her beeing a Male Feminiz'd [Fr. masle deguisé].

1653 H. More Second Lash of Alazonomastix 45 The Serpent said to the feminized Adam.

1731 J. Lockman in tr. P. F. G. Desfontaines Trav. Mr. John Gulliver II. 181 I read in your relation of the island of Babilary, that the men thereof are wholly feminiz'd.

1788 Mrs. Thomson Fatal Follies II. 32 She possesses a mind, if I may be allowed the expression, truly feminized.

1804 Lit. Mag. June 199/2 The early meals of our ancestors were conducive to that hardihood, which is rarely met with in the feminized race of modern nobility.

1890 Harper's Mag. July 320/1 The husband, if he has become sufficiently..feminized, may go to the House.

1940 F. L. Pattee Feminine Fifties xii. 169 Longfellow's Hiawatha was a feminized Indian, a Victorian gentleman, and his wooing might have been done on the lawns of an English manse.

1978 N.Y. Times Bk. Rev. 16 July 2 Women turn to him with unprecedented carnality as he realizes that his new style of feminized, nurturing manhood seems to be the hottest sex attraction of our decade.

1999 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 20 May 14/3 He zigzagged between shrill denunciations of a degenerate, feminized England..and childish affectations of cultural Englishness.

2. Biology. In which female sexual characteristics have been induced; that has been made female in character.

ΚΠ

1914 Science 6 Nov. 660/1 The individuals [sc. rodents] tend to assume the female type and become to a striking degree feminized-males.

1939 Ann. Reg. 1938 372 The production of feminized males and intersexed rats by antenatal administration of oestrogens.

1996 Independent 11 Sept. 6/3 The discovery of ‘feminised’ fish in the river Aire in Yorkshire..led to a request..for the textile industry to stop using the most suspect chemicals.

2008 Sci. News 2 Aug. 9/2 Feminized male toads had a female coloration, shorter forearms than normal males and fewer nuptial pads.

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

单词	feminized
释义	feminizedadj. Brit. /ˈfɛmᵻnʌɪzd/, U.S. /ˈfɛməˌnaɪzd/ Forms: 1600s– feminized, 1700s– feminised. Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element; modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: Latin fēmina , -ized suffix. Etymology: < classical Latin fēmina woman (see female n.) + -ized suffix, probably after French féminiser feminize v. Compare later feminize v. 1. That is or has become feminine (in various senses) in nature or character; made feminine; emasculated. ΘΚΠ the world > people > person > woman > [adjective] > made womanly feminized1652 womanized1839 1652 J. Wright tr. J.-P. Camus Nature's Paradox 113 Her vigorous exercises made them incline to the thought of her beeing a Male Feminiz'd [Fr. masle deguisé]. 1653 H. More Second Lash of Alazonomastix 45 The Serpent said to the feminized Adam. 1731 J. Lockman in tr. P. F. G. Desfontaines Trav. Mr. John Gulliver II. 181 I read in your relation of the island of Babilary, that the men thereof are wholly feminiz'd. 1788 Mrs. Thomson Fatal Follies II. 32 She possesses a mind, if I may be allowed the expression, truly feminized. 1804 Lit. Mag. June 199/2 The early meals of our ancestors were conducive to that hardihood, which is rarely met with in the feminized race of modern nobility. 1890 Harper's Mag. July 320/1 The husband, if he has become sufficiently..feminized, may go to the House. 1940 F. L. Pattee Feminine Fifties xii. 169 Longfellow's Hiawatha was a feminized Indian, a Victorian gentleman, and his wooing might have been done on the lawns of an English manse. 1978 N.Y. Times Bk. Rev. 16 July 2 Women turn to him with unprecedented carnality as he realizes that his new style of feminized, nurturing manhood seems to be the hottest sex attraction of our decade. 1999 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 20 May 14/3 He zigzagged between shrill denunciations of a degenerate, feminized England..and childish affectations of cultural Englishness. 2. Biology. In which female sexual characteristics have been induced; that has been made female in character. ΚΠ 1914 Science 6 Nov. 660/1 The individuals [sc. rodents] tend to assume the female type and become to a striking degree feminized-males. 1939 Ann. Reg. 1938 372 The production of feminized males and intersexed rats by antenatal administration of oestrogens. 1996 Independent 11 Sept. 6/3 The discovery of ‘feminised’ fish in the river Aire in Yorkshire..led to a request..for the textile industry to stop using the most suspect chemicals. 2008 Sci. News 2 Aug. 9/2 Feminized male toads had a female coloration, shorter forearms than normal males and fewer nuptial pads. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1652
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