malenesses
malenesses is the plural of maleness.
Meaning of maleness
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
Questions about malenesses
- What is malenesses the plural of?
- Malenesses is the plural of maleness.
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