Masculine
['mæskjʊlɪn] or ['mæskjəlɪn]
Definition
(noun.) 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'' .
Typed by Camilla--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Of the male sex; not female.
(a.) Having the qualities of a man; suitable to, or characteristic of, a man; virile; not feminine or effeminate; strong; robust.
(a.) Belonging to males; appropriated to, or used by, males.
(a.) Having the inflections of, or construed with, words pertaining especially to male beings, as distinguished from feminine and neuter. See Gender.
Editor: Zeke
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Male, of the male sex, not female.[2]. Manly, virile, manlike, not feminine, not effeminate.
Checked by Edwin
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Male, manly, manful, hardy, courageous, virile
ANT:Female, feminine, womanish, womanly, effeminate
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Definition
adj. of the male sex: having the qualities of a man: resembling a man or suitable to a man: robust: of a woman bold forward unwomanly: denoting nouns which are names of males.—n. (gram.) the masculine gender.—adv. Mas′culinely.—ns. Mas′culineness Masculin′ity.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
From Grk. maskos, girl, and eukolos, easy. Easy for the girls.
Editor: Michel
Examples
- She is represented upon her monuments in masculine garb, and with a long beard as a symbol of wisdom. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Fred thought it might be well to suggest these masculine examples to Mrs. Garth. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- One was in a strong masculine hand and was unsealed. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- That depends---- However, there is nothing masculine about _her_? Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Large, masculine feet they were, with peculiarly long, sharp toes. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Now that was tact, for two of the ruling foibles of the masculine mind were touched. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- A perfect type of the strongly masculine, unmarred by dissipation, or brutal or degrading passions. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- Those provinces of masculine knowledge seemed to her a standing-ground from which all truth could be seen more truly. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- It was the kind of masculine solidarity that he himself often practised; now he sickened at their connivance. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- A vast shadow, in which could be dimly traced portions of a masculine contour, blotted half the ceiling. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Caroline is neither masculine, nor of what they call the spirited order of women. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Yes, if Mrs. Pryor owns six feet of stature, and if she has changed her decent widow's weeds for masculine disguise. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- But hard labour and learned professions, they say, make women masculine, coarse, unwomanly. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Now dogs are not divided into hes and shes--we do not take the masculine gender out to hunt and leave the females at home to look after their puppies. Plato. The Republic.
- Those who do not know you, hearing you speak thus, would think you affected masculine manners. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
Editor: Terence