FEMININE, FEMININITY, FEMINIZE
ADJECTIVES
► FEMINATE resembling a woman, effeminate; female, feminine → a1533 obs.
► FEMINILE peculiar to a woman; feminine → 1650 obs.
► MASCULO-FEMININE partly masculine and partly feminine → 1646
► MULIEBRIOUS effeminate; feminine → 1652
► TWISTY attractively feminine → 1970 US sl.
NOUNS
► JANE the embodiment of one’s feminine side → 1950s homosexual sl.
► MISS THING one’s innate femininity → 1970 US homosexual sl.
NOUNS – PERSON
► FAIZART ► FESART a puny man of feminine appearance; a shameless person → Bk1900 Sc.
► GAL-BOY a feminine young man; hence an effeminate (young) homosexual; a prison catamite → L19 sl.
VERBS
► FEMALIZE to become effeminate or unmanly; to make feminine or female → 1674 obs.
► LADY to feminize → 1656 obs.
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