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单词 unmasculine
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unmasculineadj.

Brit. /(ˌ)ʌnˈmaskjᵿlɪn/, U.S. /ˌənˈmæskjələn/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix1, masculine adj.
Etymology: < un- prefix1 + masculine adj.
Not masculine; not having or demonstrating qualities traditionally associated with men.
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the world > life > sex and gender > female > effeminacy > [adjective]
womanly?c1225
ferbleta1300
effeminatea1393
nicea1393
softc1450
manlessa1529
unmanly1534
cockney1573
effeminated1580
unmanlikea1586
milky1602
enervate1603
womanizing1615
emasculate1622
womanized1624
softly1643
womanlish1647
unmasculine1649
emollid1656
ladylike1656
enervated1660
emasculated1701
petticoated1708
tea-faced1728
effeminized1789
invirile1870
epicene1881
sissyish1889
sissified1898
devirilized1901
cockless1902
camp1909
pansy1929
campy1932
queenly1933
poncy1937
pansyish1941
swishy1941
moffie1954
poofy1956
femme1963
poofed-up1964
minty1965
ponced-up1970
lavender1979
1649 J. Milton Tenure of Kings 5 The unmasculine Rhetorick of any puling Priest or Chaplain.
1701 J. Turner Sincere & Zealous Pract. Relig. Recommended iii. 96 According to the Sentiments of the Wisest Heathens, the desire of Revenge was ever Esteemed as an Argument of a little Soul, and unmasculine Spirit.
1795 S. Parr Remarks Statem. Dr. C. Combe 88 A sentence more plausible and more energetic, than all he has heard in the unmasculine rhetoric of beardless declaimers.
1829 C. Lamb Lett. (1935) III. 208 My whole heart is faint, and my whole head is sick..at this damned, canting, unmasculine..age!
1928 A. Huxley Point Counter Point xiii. 232 What pleased her most about his feelings was their ‘pure’ unmasculine quality.
2001 Cosmopolitan Dec. 54/1 Since I'm supremely secure with my manhood though, I will fearlessly expose my brothers' unmasculine proclivities.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

unmasculinev.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix2, masculine adj.
Etymology: < un- prefix2 + masculine adj.
Obsolete.
transitive. To render unmasculine.
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1642 [see unmasculined adj. at Derivatives].
1647 T. Fuller Hist. Holy Warre (ed. 3) v. xv. 255 The sinnes of the South unmasculine Northern bodies.
1665 J. Crowne Pandion & Amphigenia i. 35 A people who have been so long unacquainted with War as yours, and have had their spirits debased, enfeebled, and unmasculined, by a long luxurious and effeminate peace.

Derivatives

unmasculined adj.
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1642 Taylor's 2nd Pt. Theatre Gods Iudgments iv. 52 The Massilienses were with this lazie luxury so contaminated and infected, that they imitated women in their habit and vesture... And of this unmasculin'd condition, were Abram, Artemon..Andramites King of Lydia, with infinite others; perpetually and unto all posterity made notorious for their sloath, and branded for their idlenesse.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
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