Un-masculine
adjective
1.
pertaining to or characteristic of a man or men:
masculine attire.
2.
having qualities traditionally ascribed to men, as strength and boldness.
3.
Grammar. noting or pertaining to the gender of Latin, Greek, German, French, Spanish, Hebrew, etc., which has among its members most nouns referring to males, as well as other nouns, as Spanish dedo, “finger,” German Bleistift, “pencil.”.
4.
(of a woman) mannish.
noun, Grammar.
5.
the masculine gender.
6.
a noun or other element in or marking that gender.
adjective
1.
possessing qualities or characteristics considered typical of or appropriate to a man; manly
2.
unwomanly
3.
(grammar)
denoting a gender of nouns, occurring in many inflected languages, that includes all kinds of referents as well as some male animate referents
(as noun): German “Weg” is a masculine
masculine mas·cu·line (mās’kyə-lĭn)
n.
Of or relating to men or boys; male.
Suggestive or characteristic of a man.
mas’cu·line·ness n.
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