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Definitions for Femaleness
[1] a person bearing two X chromosomes in the cell nuclei and normally having a vagina, a uterus and ovaries, and developing at puberty a relatively rounded body and enlarged breasts, and retaining a beardless face; a girl or woman.
[2] an organism of the sex or sexual phase that normally produces egg cells.
[3] Botany . a pistillate plant.
[4] of, relating to, or being a female animal or plant.
[5] of, relating to, or characteristic of a female person; feminine: female suffrage; female charm.
[6] composed of females: a female readership.
[7] Botany . designating or pertaining to a plant or its reproductive structure that produces or contains elements requiring fertilization. (of seed plants) pistillate.
[8] Machinery . being or having a recessed part into which a corresponding part fits: a female plug. Compare male(def 5) .
[9] of, relating to, or designating the sex producing gametes (ova) that can be fertilized by male gametes (spermatozoa)
[10] of, relating to, or characteristic of a woman female charm
[11] for or composed of women or girls female suffrage ; a female choir
[12] (of reproductive organs such as the ovary and carpel) capable of producing female gametes
[13] (of gametes such as the ovum) capable of being fertilized by a male gamete in sexual reproduction
[14] (of flowers) lacking, or having nonfunctional, stamens
[15] having an internal cavity into which a projecting male counterpart can be fitted a female thread
[16] a female animal or plant derogatory a woman or girl
Words related to Femaleness
femalewomanliness, femineity
Words nearby Femaleness
femalefelwort, fem, fem lib, fem., fema, female, female chauvinist, female circumcision, female condom, female impersonator, female rhyme
Origin of Femaleness
1275–1325; Middle English, variant (by association with male) of femelle < Anglo-French, Old French femel(l)e < Latin fēmella, diminutive of fēmina woman (see -elle); in VL developing the sense “female of an animal”
Words that may be confused with Femaleness
WORDS, THAT, MAY, BE, CONFUSED, WITH, femalefemale, feminine, (see, synonym, study, at, the, current, entry)
Other words from Femaleness
fe·male·ness , noun
an·ti·fe·male , adjective
un·fe·male , adjective
Word origin for Femaleness
C14: from earlier femelle (influenced by male ), from Latin fēmella a young woman, from fēmina a woman
Synonyms for Femaleness
feminineness, girlishness, womanliness, feminality, femineity