feminate

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adjective

Feminine; (also) effeminate, womanish.

OriginLatin fēminātus →
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Meanings

adjectivefeminate (comparative more feminate, superlative most feminate)

comparative more feminate · superlative most feminate

  1. obsoleteFeminine; (also) effeminate, womanish.

    a feminate authority

    1629, John Ford, The Broken Heart, act 5 acene 3

Origin

  1. Latinfēminātus
  2. Englishfeminate

First attested circa 1533; borrowed from Latin fēminātus, see -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

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APA

feminate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/feminate

MLA

“feminate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/feminate. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “feminate,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/feminate.

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