—adj.
1 of or characteristic of women.
2 having qualities associated with women.
3 womanly, effeminate.
4 Gram. of or denoting the gender proper to women's names.
—n. Gram. a feminine gender or word.
Derivatives:
femininely adv. feminineness n. femininity n.
Etymology: ME f. OF feminin -ine or L femininus f. femina woman
Useful english dictionary. 2012.