Feminine rhyme

Feminine rhyme
Feminine Fem"i*nine, a. [L. femininus, fr. femina woman; prob. akin to L. fetus, or to Gr. qh^sqai to suck, qh^sai to suckle, Skr. dh[=a] to suck; cf. AS. f[=ae]mme woman, maid: cf. F. f['e]minin. See {Fetus}.] 1. Of or pertaining to a woman, or to women; characteristic of a woman; womanish; womanly. [1913 Webster]

Her letters are remarkably deficient in feminine ease and grace. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]

2. Having the qualities of a woman; becoming or appropriate to the female sex; as, in a good sense, modest, graceful, affectionate, confiding; or, in a bad sense, weak, nerveless, timid, pleasure-loving, effeminate. [1913 Webster]

Her heavenly form Angelic, but more soft and feminine. --Milton. [1913 Webster]

Ninus being esteemed no man of war at all, but altogether feminine, and subject to ease and delicacy. --Sir W. Raleigh. [1913 Webster]

{Feminine rhyme}. (Pros.) See {Female rhyme}, under {Female}, a.

Syn: See {Female}, a. [1913 Webster]


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