Fēm'i-nīne1, a.
a. [Lat. fēminīnus, from fēmina, woman; Fr. féminin, Pr. femenin, femenin, Pg. feminino, Sp. femenino, It. femminino.]
Sense 1. Pertaining to a woman, or to women; characteristic of females; womanish; womanly.
In the queen rested nothing but fraud and feminine malice. Hall.
Sense 2. Having the qualities of a female; either in a good sense, becoming or appropriate to the female sex; modest; graceful; affectionate; confiding; or in a bad sense, lacking manly force or vigor; effeminate.
Her heavenly form Angelic, but more soft and feminine. Milton.
No man of war at all, but altogether feminine. Raleigh.
Sense 3. (Gram.) Having a form belonging more especially to words which are appellations of females; as, a feminine noun or adjective; a feminine termination.