feminate

English

Etymology

Latin feminatus effeminate.

Adjective

feminate (comparative more feminate, superlative most feminate)

1. (obsolete) feminine
   • 1629, John Ford, The Broken Heart, act 5 acene 3:

     a feminate authority

References

• “feminate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Latin

Adjective

fēmināte

1. vocative masculine singular of fēminātus

Participle

femināte

1. vocative masculine singular of feminātus

Verb

femināte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of feminō