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feminality

feminality noun: the quality of being feminal; femininity.

Noun

feminality (countable and uncountable, plural feminalities)

  1. The quality of being feminal; femininity.
    • Oriana. But don’t you think there is a great deal of Merit in dedicating a beautiful Face and Person to the Service of Religion?
      Bisarre. Not half so much as devoting ’em to a pretty Fellow: If our Feminality had no Business in this World, why was it sent hither?1702, George Farquhar, The Inconstant: Or, The Way to Win Him, Act IV in The Works of Mr. George Farquhar, London: John Rivington et al., 10th edition, 1772, p. 48
    • No one knows better than I do, that woman, in all essential characteristics, is the same yesterday, today, and forever, yet the readiness with which she lends herself to the variations of race, climate, caste, creed, nationality, and conditions of every kind, is the greatest charm of her feminality.1913, Amelia E. Barr, chapter 13, in All the Days of My Life: An Autobiography, New York: Appleton, page 211

Forms of feminality

pluralfeminalities

Origin of feminality

From feminal + -ity.

Questions about feminality

What does feminality mean?
Feminality means the quality of being feminal; femininity.
What part of speech is feminality?
Feminality is a noun.
What is the plural of feminality?
The plural of feminality is feminalities.

Words near feminality in the dictionary

  1. feminacy
  2. feminal
  3. feminalism
  4. feminalist
  5. feminalities
  6. feminality
  7. feminar
  8. feminars
  9. feminas
  10. feminasties
  11. feminasty

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