Crossword clues for masculine
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
masculine \mas"cu*line\ (m[a^]s"k[-u]*l[i^]n), a. [L. masculinus, fr. masculus male, manly, dim. of mas a male: cf. F. masculin. See Male masculine.]
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Of the male sex; not female.
Thy masculine children, that is to say, thy sons.
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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. Belonging to males; appropriated to, or used by, males. [R.] ``A masculine church.''
--Fuller.(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.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
mid-14c., "belonging to the male grammatical gender;" late 14c., "of men, male," from Old French masculin "of the male sex" (12c.), from Latin masculinus "male, of masculine gender," from masculus "male, masculine; worthy of a man," diminutive of mas (genitive maris) "male person, male," of unknown origin. Meaning "having the appropriate qualities of the male sex, manly, virile, powerful" is first attested 1620s. As a noun from mid-15c.
Wiktionary
a. 1 Of or pertaining to the male gender; manly. 2 Of or pertaining to the male sex; biologically male, not female. 3 Belonging to males; typically used by males. 4 Having the qualities stereotypically associated with men: virile, aggressive, not effeminate. 5 (context grammar English) Of, pertaining or belonging to the male grammatical gender, in languages that have gender distinctions. 6 # (context of a noun English) Being of the '''masculine''' class, or grammatical gender, and inflected in that manner. 7 # (context of some other parts of speech English) Being inflected in agreement with the '''masculine''' noun. n. 1 (context grammar English) The masculine gender. 2 (context grammar English) A word of the masculine gender. 3 That which is masculine. 4 (context rare possibly obsolete English) A man.
WordNet
associated with men and not with women [ant: feminine]
(music or poetry) ending on an accented beat or syllable; "a masculine cadence"; "the masculine rhyme of `annoy, enjoy'"
n. a gender that refers chiefly (but not exclusively) to males or to objects classified as male
Wikipedia
Masculine or masculinity, normally refer to qualities positively associated with men.
Masculine may also refer to:
- Masculine (grammar), a grammatical gender
- Masculine cadence, a final chord occurring on a strong beat in music
- Masculine rhyme, on a single stressed syllable at the end of a line of poetry
- A Masculine Ending, a novel by Joan Alison Smith adapted for television in 1992
Usage examples of "masculine".
Why, Abigail could best nearly any boy in the county at what were deemed masculine pursuits: hunting, riding and climbing trees.
Good gracious, but his deep masculine voice was rich, with a thick, lilting accent that could only be described as musical.
She still must follow citizen Anet as the feminine pronoun follows the masculine, or as a verb agrees with its nominative case in number and in person.
Either that axiom is false, or, whenever women as a class refuse their consent to the present exclusively masculine government, it can no longer claim just powers.
It amazed her that, barely hours after accepting her invitation, Judd had filled her bachelorette home with his masculine presence.
His evening clothes tightly hugged every masculine muscle from his bulging biceps to the powerful quadriceps in his thighs.
Despite the sloppy sounds of masculine bonhomie, they were not friends.
But the most irritating of girl--men is assuredly the Parisian and the boulevardier, in whom the appearance of intelligence is more marked and who combines in himself all the attractions and all the faults of those charming creatures in an exaggerated degree in virtue of his masculine temperament.
He smiled delightedly and his smile included Lord Bute who, he was sure, with masculine perspicacity, would be on his side.
I heard the girl laughing, and going up to the bed and passing my hand over it I came across some plain tokens of the masculine gender.
And how darkly handsome Capa was in this picture, the strong masculine features, the thick black brows and hair, the smoldering dark eyes, the seductive mouth all added up to one helluva knockout of a guy.
Sarah could read his changing expressions as he decided not to attempt to exert his masculine authority over her now, before he had wooed or coerced her into becoming his wife.
A loving, multidimensionally masculine father shows them how to be men without denigrating women or their need for them.
The same Deity was often masculine and feminine: what was Dea Luna in one country, was Deus Lunus in another.
They were permitted to have masculine visitors in the public parts of the Domus Publica, the State-owned house they shared with the Pontifex Maximus, though it was required to be a chaperoned business.