| 单词 |
feminity |
| 释义 |
feminity|fɪˈmɪnɪtɪ|
[ME. feminite, a. OF. feminité, f. Lat. type *fēminitas, f. fēmina woman.]
1. = femininity 1.
1386Chaucer Man of Law's T. 262 (Lansd. 360), O serpent vnder femenyte. c1470Harding Chron. Proem xiv, The thyrde sonne..wedded dame Blaunch, ful of feminytee. c1485Digby Myst. (1882) iii. 71 Here is mary, ful fayr and ful of femynyte. 14..Pol. Rel. & L. Poems (1866) 43 Goodnes, the Rote of all vertve Which Rotide is in youre femynite. 1595Spenser Col. Clout 515 She is the..mirrhor of feminitie. 1854Marion Harland Alone iv, She laughed at the ludicrous repetition of feminity in the second line. 1868Browning Ring & Bk. ix. 299 Put forth each charm And proper floweret of feminity.
2. = femininity 2.
1669H. More Exp. 7 Epist. vi. 83 There being all these symptoms of Feminity in the Church of Rome. 1890J. Forster in Academy 23 Aug. 149/2 There is..a decided note of feminity in his genius; a want of manly strength.
3. = femininity 4; also a band of women. † queen of feminity: queen of the Amazons.
c1430Lydg. Bochas i. viii. (1544) 14 a, Theseus..Weddid Apolita..The hardy quene of femynitie. 1513Bradshaw St. Werburge i. 1633 Nexte in ordre..Was our blessed lady, floure of femynyte. 1813Hogg Queen's Wake 171, I haif watchit..Quhairevir blumis femenitye. 1816Scott Antiq. xxii, I tell thee, Mary, Hector's understanding, and far more that of feminity, is inadequate to comprehend the extent of the loss. 1872Browning Fifine xxi, Provided..this feminity be followed By..Fifine! |
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