adj. & n.
adj. 1 of or characteristic of women. 2 having qualities associated with women. 3 womanly, effeminate. 4 Gram. of or denoting the gender proper to women's names.
n. Gram. a feminine gender or word. femininely adv. feminineness n. femininity n.
[ ME f. OF feminin -ine or L femininus f. femina woman ]