malenessn.

Brit.

/ˈmeɪlnᵻs/, U.S.

/ˈmeɪlnᵻs/

Forms: 1600s male-ness, 1800s– maleness.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: male adj., -ness suffix.

Etymology: < male adj. + -ness suffix.

(a) Masculine or vigorous character; masculinity; virility. (b) The quality of being of the male sex.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > sex and gender > male > [noun] > quality or condition

masculinec1451

masculinity1571

masculineness1662

maleness1663

mascularity1817

the world > people > person > man > [noun] > qualities of

manheadc1300

manhooda1393

manlinessc1450

manlihood1583

maleness1663

mannishness1882

1663 G. Mackenzie Religio Stoici 144 The vatican of paganism cannot, for the male-ness of its stile, match that matchless Book of Genesis.

1889 P. Geddes & J. A. Thomson Evol. Sex iii. 92 After maleness and femaleness have been partly established.

1889 P. Geddes & J. A. Thomson Evol. Sex xiii. 179 The [parthenogenetic] female cell has a certain maleness about it.

1900 Appletons' Pop. Sci. Monthly Feb. 486 The differences are the external expression of maleness and femaleness.

1925 New Yorker 27 June 17/2 Her strongest reason was the fascination of St. Mawr's terrific ‘maleness’.

1957 New Biol. 23 16 In the Cucurbitaceae, femaleness is promoted relative to maleness by high levels of nitrogen nutrition, by short photoperiods and by low night temperatures.

1975 A. Fraser Whistler's Lane xi. 173 His jacket smelt of horses and tobacco and general maleness.

1990 Sunday Sun (Brisbane) 9 Dec. (Mag. Suppl.) 10/4 Honnord says..that the stereotypical modern sensitive man..does not have to completely lose his maleness.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	maleness
释义	malenessn. Brit. /ˈmeɪlnᵻs/, U.S. /ˈmeɪlnᵻs/ Forms: 1600s male-ness, 1800s– maleness. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: male adj., -ness suffix. Etymology: < male adj. + -ness suffix. (a) Masculine or vigorous character; masculinity; virility. (b) The quality of being of the male sex. ΘΚΠ the world > life > sex and gender > male > [noun] > quality or condition masculinec1451 masculinity1571 masculineness1662 maleness1663 mascularity1817 the world > people > person > man > [noun] > qualities of manheadc1300 manhooda1393 manlinessc1450 manlihood1583 maleness1663 mannishness1882 1663 G. Mackenzie Religio Stoici 144 The vatican of paganism cannot, for the male-ness of its stile, match that matchless Book of Genesis. 1889 P. Geddes & J. A. Thomson Evol. Sex iii. 92 After maleness and femaleness have been partly established. 1889 P. Geddes & J. A. Thomson Evol. Sex xiii. 179 The [parthenogenetic] female cell has a certain maleness about it. 1900 Appletons' Pop. Sci. Monthly Feb. 486 The differences are the external expression of maleness and femaleness. 1925 New Yorker 27 June 17/2 Her strongest reason was the fascination of St. Mawr's terrific ‘maleness’. 1957 New Biol. 23 16 In the Cucurbitaceae, femaleness is promoted relative to maleness by high levels of nitrogen nutrition, by short photoperiods and by low night temperatures. 1975 A. Fraser Whistler's Lane xi. 173 His jacket smelt of horses and tobacco and general maleness. 1990 Sunday Sun (Brisbane) 9 Dec. (Mag. Suppl.) 10/4 Honnord says..that the stereotypical modern sensitive man..does not have to completely lose his maleness. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1663
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