femynyte
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Middle English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- feminytee, femynitie
- (remodelled) femyninnyte, femyninytee, femynynytee, ffemynynyte
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Middle French feminite; sometimes remodelled as if femynyne + -ite.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
femynyte (uncountable)
- The entirety of women; womankind.
- Womanliness, femininity; the qualities that typify a woman.
Descendants[edit]
- English: feminity, femininity
References[edit]
- “feminitẹ̄, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
- “femininitẹ̄, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.