fem·i·nie \ˈfemənē\noun plural Etymology: Middle English femenie, feminie, from Middle French, from Old French, from Latin femina + Old French -ie -y 1.: the world of women : womankind 2.: a class of women : women < when a man … wishes to go on a great duty … this selfishness on the part of the feminie is rather too much — Iris Origo >