femaleness Definition

female
adj

1. Belonging or relating to the sex that gives birth to young, produces eggs, etc.
2. Denoting the reproductive structure of a plant that contains an egg cell, such as the pistil of flowering plants.
3. Belonging or relating to, or characteristic of, a woman.

Thesaurus: feminine, womanly, ladylike, distaff; Antonym: male.
4. engineering.
Said of a piece of machinery, etc: having a hole or holes into which another part (the male adj 5) fits.

noun

1. sometimes derog
A woman or girl.
2. A female animal or plant.

Derivative: femaleness
noun

Etymology: 14c: from Latin femella young woman, with spelling influenced by association with male.

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There is often confusion between female and feminine: female classifies living things, and (for people) refers to the fact of being a woman &wbox; Feminine describes and refers to characteristics that are typical of women &wbox;