femineity

[ fem-uh-nee-i-tee ]
/ ˌfɛm əˈni ɪ ti /

noun

feminine nature; womanliness.

Origin of femineity

1810–20; < Latin fēmine(us) of a woman ( fēmin(a) woman + -eus -eous) + -ity

Example sentences from the Web for femineity

  • There was in the character of his countenance the femineity which Coleridge thought to be the mental constitution of true genius.

    Life of John Keats |William Michael Rossetti
  • "Femineity" is Browning's, and "devisal" Patmore's, in their modern usage.

    The Life of Francis Thompson |Everard Meynell

British Dictionary definitions for femineity

femineity
/ (ˌfɛmɪˈneɪɪtɪ) /

noun

the quality of being feminine; womanliness