Found 1 items, similar to Feminine rhyme.
English → English (gcide) Definition: Feminine rhyme Feminine \Fem"i*nine\, a. [L. femininus, fr. femina woman; prob. akin to L. fetus, or to Gr. qh^sqai to suck, qh^sai to suckle, Skr. dh[=a] to suck; cf. AS. f[=ae]mme woman, maid: cf. F. f['e]minin. See Fetus.] 1. Of or pertaining to a woman, or to women; characteristic of a woman; womanish; womanly. [1913 Webster] Her letters are remarkably deficient in feminine ease and grace. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster] 2. Having the qualities of a woman; becoming or appropriate to the female sex; as, in a good sense, modest, graceful, affectionate, confiding; or, in a bad sense, weak, nerveless, timid, pleasure-loving, effeminate. [1913 Webster] Her heavenly form Angelic, but more soft and feminine. --Milton. [1913 Webster] Ninus being esteemed no man of war at all, but altogether feminine, and subject to ease and delicacy. --Sir W. Raleigh. [1913 Webster] Feminine rhyme. (Pros.) See Female rhyme, under Female, a. Syn: See Female, a. [1913 Webster]