feminine
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This idea proposes that the evolution of larger human brains occurred alongside changes that made the human skeleton less robust and more physically feminine compared with those of earlier ancestors.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 17, 2026
"Sometimes it's nice to take a step back from always being the one making decisions and simply enjoy feeling feminine and being looked after."
From BBC ● Jun. 18, 2026
Toughening up the dress made it feel, to me, like armor: concealing more than it showed, feminine but not obviously sexy.
From Salon ● Jun. 12, 2026
The term “travesti” was long reserved for transgender people in Latin America, namely those whose gender expressions leaned feminine.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 9, 2026
The building was also used for meetings in need of a more serious atmosphere than that of the common rooms, Cora noticed, such as the assemblies on hygiene and feminine matters.
From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead
Although made with contemporary means, Hill’s smeary feminines recall the sharper-edged experiments of Cubists and Futurists.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 25, 2016
You are after results; and if you get them, do not mind the feminines of your household lifting the hands of horror over the unorthodox means.
From The Mountains by White, Stewart Edward
About the end of the 11th century feminines not ending in e = ǝ take, by analogy of the masculines, s in the nom. sing., thus distinguishing nom. flors from acc. flor.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 1 "Franciscans" to "French Language" by Various
A vanguard have proceeded in advance to take possession of the deserted house; while Aunt Rachel, with her cortŠge of feminines, is fussing over "young missus."
From Our World, Or, the Slaveholder's Daughter by Adams, F. Colburn (Francis Colburn)
Gender is indicated except in the case of masculine nouns ending in '-o' and feminines ending in '-a.'
From The German Element in Brazil Colonies and Dialect by Schappelle, Benjamin Franklin
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