Meaning of MASCULINE
| Pronunciation: | | 'maskyulin
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- [n] a gender that refers chiefly (but not exclusively) to males or to objects classified as male
- [adj] associated with men and not with women
- [adj] of grammatical gender
- [adj] (music or poetry) ending on an accented beat or syllable; "a masculine cadence"; "the masculine rhyme of `annoy, enjoy'"
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| | Synonyms: | | butch, macho, male, manful, manlike, manly, mannish, stressed, virile |
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| | Antonyms: | | feminine, neuter | | |
| | See Also: | | gender, grammatical gender, masculine | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Mas"cu*line\, a. [L. masculinus, fr. masculus male,
manly, dim. of mas a male: cf. F. masculin. See {Male}
masculine.]
1. Of the male sex; not female.
Thy masculine children, that is to say, thy sons.
--Chaucer.
2. Having the qualities of a man; suitable to, or
characteristic of, a man; virile; not feminine or
effeminate; strong; robust.
That lady, after her husband's death, held the reins
with a masculine energy. --Hallam.
3. Belonging to males; appropriated to, or used by, males.
[R.] ``A masculine church.'' --Fuller.
4. (Gram.) Having the inflections of, or construed with,
words pertaining especially to male beings, as
distinguished from {feminine} and {neuter}. See {Gender}.
-- {Mas"cu*line*ly}, adv. -- {Mas"cu*line*ness}, n.
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| | Related Terms: | | andric, animate, bull, common gender, feminine, gender, gentleman, gentlemanlike, gentlemanly, he, him, his, hombre, homme, inanimate, male, male being, male person, man, manful, manlike, manly, mannish, neuter, uneffeminate |
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