Feminity

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Synonym of femininity. archaic, countable, uncountable

    "vnto Psyche with great trust and care / Committed her, yfostered to bee, / And trained vp in true feminitee […]"

Example

More examples

"In the end, "feminity" is something that a woman is naturally furnished with, there is no need to make any effort to show it, and it's a quality such that even if one were to make conscious efforts to hide it, it would lead to nothing."

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English femynyte, from Middle French feminite; compare femininity.

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