maleness
maleness noun: the characteristic, state or condition of being male.
Noun
maleness (countable and uncountable, plural malenesses)
- The characteristic, state or condition of being male.
- They had always lived over the pub with its buzz of voices. Bar talk. When she was fifteen she had come home one night from the school concert just about closing time. Men were coming out on to the street and she could hear her father's voice calling time. She had heard this scene every night from...1997, Bernard MacLaverty, 'Grace Notes' (novel), (Chapter 1, at page 11 in the 1998 Vintage paperback edition)
- Synonyms:
- masculineness, masculinity
maleness meaning in Kannada
maleness in Kannada
- ಗಂಡಸುತನ, ಆಳುತನ, ಪುರುಷತನ
Synonyms of maleness
Forms of maleness
| plural | malenesses |
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Origin of maleness
From male + -ness.
Questions about maleness
- What does maleness mean?
- Maleness means the characteristic, state or condition of being male.
- What is maleness in Kannada?
- Maleness in Kannada is ಗಂಡಸುತನ, ಆಳುತನ, ಪುರುಷತನ. See Maleness meaning in Kannada.
- What part of speech is maleness?
- Maleness is a noun.
- What is the plural of maleness?
- The plural of maleness is malenesses.
Words near maleness in the dictionary
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