Meaning of feminality | Babel Free

Definitions

The quality of being feminal; femininity.

countable, uncountable

Examples

“1702, George Farquhar, The Inconstant: Or, The Way to Win⟳ Him, Act IV in The Works of Mr. George Farquhar, London: John Rivington et al., 10th edition, 1772, p. 48, Oriana. But don’t you think⟳ there is a great deal⟳ of Merit in dedicating a beautiful Face⟳ and Person to the Service of Religion? Bisarre. Not half so much as devoting ’em to a pretty Fellow: If our Feminality had no Business in this World, why was it sent hither?”

“No one knows better than I do, that woman, in all essential characteristics, is the same yesterday, today, and forever, yet the readiness with which she lends herself to the variations of race⟳, climate, caste, creed, nationality, and conditions of every kind, is the greatest charm of her feminality.”

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