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feminate

feminate adjective: feminine; (also) effeminate, womanish.

Adjective

feminate (comparative more feminate, superlative most feminate)

  1. (obsolete) Feminine; (also) effeminate, womanish.
    • a feminate authority1629, John Ford, The Broken Heart, act 5 acene 3

Forms of feminate

comparativemore feminate
superlativemost feminate

Origin of feminate

First attested circa 1533; borrowed from Latin fēminātus, see -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

Questions about feminate

What does feminate mean?
Feminate means feminine; (also) effeminate, womanish.
What part of speech is feminate?
Feminate is an adjective.

Words near feminate in the dictionary

  1. feminar
  2. feminars
  3. feminas
  4. feminasties
  5. feminasty
  6. feminate
  7. feminationalism
  8. feminazi
  9. feminazis
  10. feminazism
  11. femineity

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