Meanings
nounfeminity (countable and uncountable, plural feminities)
plural feminities
- archaiccountableuncountableSynonym of femininity.
vnto Psyche with great trust and care / Committed her, yfostered to bee, / And trained vp in true feminitee […]
1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto VI”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLCSynonyms: femininity
Synonyms & antonyms
nounSynonym of femininity.
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Origin
- Middle Frenchfeminite
- Middle Englishfemynyte
- Englishfeminity
Inherited from Middle English femynyte, from Middle French feminite; compare femininity.
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APA
feminity. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/feminity
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“feminity.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/feminity. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “feminity,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/feminity.
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