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Definition of Masculine

1. Adjective. Of grammatical gender.

2. Noun. A gender that refers chiefly (but not exclusively) to males or to objects classified as male.

3. Adjective. Associated with men and not with women.

4. Adjective. (music or poetry) ending on an accented beat or syllable. "The masculine rhyme of `annoy, enjoy'"

Definition of Masculine

1. a. Of the male sex; not female.

Definition of Masculine

1. Adjective. pertaining to male humans, men: ¹

2. Adjective. (grammar) in many inflected languages: ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Masculine

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Masculine

1. 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. "A masculine church." 4. Having the inflections of, or construed with, words pertaining especially to male beings, as distinguished from feminine and neuter. See Gender. Masculinely, Masculineness. Origin: L. Masculinus, fr. Masculus male, manly, dim. Of mas a male: cf. F. Masculin. See Male masculine. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Masculine

maschaloncus maschalyperidrosis mascle mascled mascles mascon mascons mascot mascots mascotte

masculate masculated masculates masculating masculation masculine pelvis masculine protest masculine rhyme masculine rhymes masculinely

masculineness masculines masculinisation masculinise masculinised masculinises masculinising masculinism

Literary usage of Masculine

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1890)
"Queen Anne, your mother, a lady of a great and masculine mind. ... Give her a spirit masculine and noble, Fit for yourselves to ask and me to oiler. vived ..."

2. Observations on the Language of Chaucer's Troilus by George Lyman Kittredge (1891)
"Anglo-Saxon masculine and neuter vowel-stems that have a final vowel (-e or -u) in the ... Masculine nomina agoutis in -ere (which properly belong under i. ..."

3. The Americana: A Universal Reference Library, Comprising the Arts and ...edited by Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines edited by Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines (1912)
"Substantives ending in a consonant are mostly masculine, those in a and i ... There, are seven declensions, two for the masculine, three for the neuter, ..."

4. Gesenius' Hebrew Grammar by Wilhelm Gesenius (1859)
"We here only remark in general, я) that all feminines without a distinctive termination ($ 107, 1, 3) are inflected like masculine nouns, ..."

5. Education by Project Innovation (Organization) (1921)
"The Eternal Masculine ... May one be pardoned, in a moment of irritation, for referring to certain points of view as "eternally masculine" ? ..."

6. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1908)
"Sarcomatous Cyst of the Ovary in an Hermaphrodite having a Masculine Appearance. ... No uterus could be found, and the pelvis had a masculine shape. ..."

7. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"Primarily there are only two genders, masculine and feminine, corresponding to the natural divisions of sex, male and female. In very early times man seems ..."

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