Pseudofeminine

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    feminine or apparently feminine in certain aspects, but not truly feminine

    "Peter was not a "drag queen" as such, but ever since moving north from Hollywood had adopted several of their witty, pseudofeminine ways of speech […]"

Example

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"Peter was not a "drag queen" as such, but ever since moving north from Hollywood had adopted several of their witty, pseudofeminine ways of speech […]"

Etymology

From pseudo- + feminine.

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