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Masculine definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

M`ASCULINE, a. [L. masculinus, from masculus, mas.]
1. Having the qualities of a man; strong; robust; as a masculine body.
2. Resembling man; coarse; opposed to delicate or soft; as masculine features.
3. Bold; brave; as a masculine spirit or courage.
4. In grammar,the masculine gender of words is that which expresses a male, or something analogous to it; or it is the gender appropriated to males, though not always expressing the male sex.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: of grammatical gender [ant: feminine, neuter]
2: associated with men and not with women [ant: feminine]
3: (music or poetry) ending on an accented beat or syllable; "a masculine cadence"; "the masculine rhyme of `annoy, enjoy'" n
1: a gender that refers chiefly (but not exclusively) to males or to objects classified as male

Merriam Webster's

I. adjective Etymology: Middle English masculin, from Latin masculinus, from masculus, noun, male, diminutive of mas male Date: 14th century 1. a. male b. having qualities appropriate to or usually associated with a man 2. of, relating to, or constituting the gender that ordinarily includes most words or grammatical forms referring to males <masculine nouns> 3. a. having or occurring in a stressed final syllable <masculine rhyme> b. having the final chord occurring on a strong beat <masculine cadence> • masculinely adverb • masculinity noun II. noun Date: 14th century 1. the masculine gender 2. a noun, pronoun, adjective, or inflectional form or class of the masculine gender 3. a male person

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. & n. --adj. 1 of or characteristic of men. 2 manly, vigorous. 3 (of a woman) having qualities considered appropriate to a man. 4 Gram. of or denoting the gender proper to men's names. --n. Gram. the masculine gender; a masculine word. Derivatives: masculinely adv. masculineness n. masculinity n. Etymology: ME f. OF masculin -ine f. L masculinus (as MALE)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Masculine Mas"cu*line, a. [L. masculinus, fr. masculus male, manly, dim. of mas a male: cf. F. masculin. See Male masculine.] 1. Of the male sex; not female. Thy masculine children, that is to say, thy sons. --Chaucer. 2. Having the qualities of a man; suitable to, or characteristic of, a man; virile; not feminine or effeminate; strong; robust. That lady, after her husband's death, held the reins with a masculine energy. --Hallam. 3. Belonging to males; appropriated to, or used by, males. [R.] ``A masculine church.'' --Fuller. 4. (Gram.) Having the inflections of, or construed with, words pertaining especially to male beings, as distinguished from feminine and neuter. See Gender. -- Mas"cu*line*ly, adv. -- Mas"cu*line*ness, n.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

1. Masculine qualities and things relate to or are considered typical of men, in contrast to women. ...masculine characteristics like a husky voice and facial hair. ...masculine pride. = male ? female ADJ: usu ADJ n 2. If you say that someone or something is masculine, you mean that they have qualities such as strength or confidence which are considered typical of men. ...her aggressive, masculine image... The Duke's study was very masculine, with deep red wall-covering and dark oak shelving. ? feminine ADJ 3. In some languages, a masculine noun, pronoun, or adjective has a different form from a feminine or neuter one, or behaves in a different way. ADJ

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. 1. Male, of the male sex. 2. Manly, virile, manlike, bold, hardy, manful. 3. Strong, robust, powerful. 4. Coarse, bold, forward, mannish.

Foolish Dictionary

From Grk. maskos, girl, and eukolos, easy. Easy for the girls.

Moby Thesaurus

andric, animate, bull, common gender, feminine, gender, gentleman, gentlemanlike, gentlemanly, he, him, his, hombre, homme, inanimate, male, male being, male person, man, manful, manlike, manly, mannish, neuter, uneffeminate