- femaleness
- fe·male·ness 'fē-.māl-nəs n the qualities (as of form, physiology, or behavior) that distinguish an individual that produces large usu. immobile gametes from one that produces spermatozoa or spermatozoids
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femaleness
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femaleness — 1889, from FEMALE (Cf. female) + NESS (Cf. ness) … Etymology dictionary
femaleness — female ► ADJECTIVE 1) referring to the sex that can bear offspring or produce eggs. 2) relating to or characteristic of women or female animals. 3) (of a plant or flower) having a pistil but no stamens. 4) (of a fitting) manufactured hollow so… … English terms dictionary
femaleness — noun see female I … New Collegiate Dictionary
femaleness — See female. * * * … Universalium
femaleness — noun The characteristic of being female … Wiktionary
femaleness — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun The quality or condition of being feminine: feminineness, femininity, womanliness. See GENDER … English dictionary for students
femaleness — n. quality of being female, womanliness … English contemporary dictionary
femaleness — fe·male·ness … English syllables
femaleness — noun the properties characteristic of the female sex • Syn: ↑feminineness • Ant: ↑maleness • Derivationally related forms: ↑feminine (for: ↑feminineness), ↑female … Useful english dictionary
female — femaleness, n. /fee mayl/, n. 1. a person bearing two X chromosomes in the cell nuclei and normally having a vagina, a uterus and ovaries, and developing at puberty a relatively rounded body and enlarged breasts, and retaining a beardless face; a … Universalium
