masculinemas‧cu‧line /ˈmæskjəlɪn/ ●●○ adjective 
Word Origin
They’re nice curtains, but I’d prefer something a little more masculine. She has a very masculine voice. Hunting was a typically masculine occupation.► see thesaurus at man2in some languages, a masculine noun, pronoun etc belongs to a class of words that have different inflections from feminine or neuter words: The word for ‘book’ is masculine in French.
Word OriginWORD ORIGINmasculine
ExamplesOrigin:
1300-1400 French, Latin masculinus, from masculus ‘male’, from mas ‘male’EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
Thesaurus- Even today, men tend to do such masculine tasks as car maintenance and yard work.
- He wanted to say he was sorry but his masculine pride wouldn't let him.
- Violence is an extreme form of traditionally masculine behaviour.
- Feminist campaigns around the state effectively unmasked the unofficial masculine culture of politicians, experts and administrators.
- I heard from Bridget there's some kind of row going on about masculine endings.
- Language is masculine: It operates according to a masculine economy of representation.
- The quadrature that Lacan describes is that of masculine identity.
- There was an aura of masculine occupation - neat, but unmistakably masculine.
- You may be wondering why I called the various machines by masculine names.
THESAURUSrelating to men► male
Collocations adjective a male teacher, singer etc is a man. Male jobs are the kind of jobs that men typically do: · Most science teachers are male.· a male nurse· We are trying to recruit more women to do traditionally male jobs such as engineering.
► masculine considered to be more typical of a man than of a woman: · He had a very masculine face.· masculine aggression
► manly having the qualities that people expect and admire in a man, such as being brave and strong: · He took off his shirt, revealing his manly chest.· It isn’t considered manly to cry.· In the portrait, the King looked manly and in control.· He was bronzed and athletic, with manly features and a steady gaze.
► macho behaving in a way that is traditionally typical of men, for example by being strong and tough and not showing your feelings – used especially either humorously or to show disapproval: · On the outside he may seem to be very macho but inside he’s very sensitive.· Stallone always plays macho men.· He’s far too macho to drink mineral water.
Longman Language Activatortypical of men► masculine masculine behaviour or attitudes are considered to be more typical of a man than of a woman: · He wanted to say he was sorry but his masculine pride wouldn't let him.· Violence is an extreme form of traditionally masculine behaviour.
► virile looking or behaving in a way that is typical of a man, by being strong, full of energy etc, and therefore sexually attractive: · The girls were all gazing adoringly at his muscular, virile young body.· Craig was a younger and more virile version of his father.
► manly having the qualities that people expect and admire in a man, such as being brave and strong: · In the portrait, the King looked manly and in control.· He was bronzed and athletic, with manly features and a steady gaze.
► macho a man who is macho behaves in a way that he thinks a man is expected to behave, for example by being brave, treating women badly, or not showing emotion: · On the outside he may seem to be very macho but inside he's very sensitive.· He's far too macho to drink mineral water.
► man a man who is brave and strong - use this especially when you are criticizing someone for not being like this: · Any other soldier would have told him to pull himself together and be a man.a real man: · A real man wouldn't be scared of commitment.he-man (=a very brave, strong man): · a he-man like Arnold Schwarzeneggerbe man enough to do something (=be brave and strong enough to do something): · Are you man enough to admit that you've been lying?
► laddish relating to young men who behave in a typically male way, for example men who drink a lot of alcohol and spend a lot of time thinking or talking about sex: · The amount of laddish humour on TV these days can get a bit tedious.· He most famously played the part of Gary, the laddish flatmate in "Men Behaving Badly".
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COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB► more
1having qualities considered to be typical of men or of what men do OPP feminine: · Not a dangerous disposition I think; though it might be if my nature were more masculine & daring.
NOUN► form· From a very early age, lower-working-class boys engage in rough, exclusively masculine forms of play, free of adult supervision.· He stuttered nervously before managing to answer herand when he did, he used the masculine form of address.· But there was nothing quaint about the masculine form that adorned it.· This situation would make the use of the masculine form in this instance highly marked.· He has their virtues translated into masculine form.
► identity· In Jacobean drama masculine identity requires masculine ratification.· The quadrature that Lacan describes is that of masculine identity.· First and most obviously perhaps, it shows how homophobia is often integral to a conventional kind of masculine identity.· Other male roles, other styles of masculine identity, must be learned or created.
► subject· The principal feminist challenge to psychology's predominantly male subjects and masculine subject matter is, again, an egalitarian one.
They’re nice curtains, but I’d prefer something a little more masculine. She has a very masculine voice. Hunting was a typically masculine occupation.► see thesaurus at man2in some languages, a masculine noun, pronoun etc belongs to a class of words that have different inflections from feminine or neuter words: The word for ‘book’ is masculine in French.