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The term “feminine” in literature has been employed with great versatility, ranging from its role as a grammatical category—as seen in clear-cut definitions of pronoun and noun gender ([1], [2], [3], [4], [5])—to a modifier laden with cultural, symbolic, and emotional connotations. Writers have used it to evoke softness, charm, and delicacy in character voices and appearances ([6], [7], [8]), while also ascribing to it attributes of mystery, intuition, or even weakness in social and psychological contexts ([9], [10], [11]). Beyond mere description, “feminine” often functions as a conceptual tool in philosophical and socio-political discussions, contrasting it with masculine traits and revealing inherent biases in perceptions of gender ([12], [13], [14]). Thus, whether pointing to physical features, grammatical structure, or abstract ideals, the word “feminine” becomes a multifaceted symbol through which authors negotiate ideas of identity, power, and cultural norms ([15], [16], [17]).
  1. Feminine : she , her , hers .
    — from An Advanced English Grammar with Exercises by Frank Edgar Farley and George Lyman Kittredge
  2. Feminine.
    — from An Advanced English Grammar with Exercises by Frank Edgar Farley and George Lyman Kittredge
  3. Jane is a proper noun of the feminine gender, in the singular number and second person.
    — from An Advanced English Grammar with Exercises by Frank Edgar Farley and George Lyman Kittredge
  4. A noun or pronoun denoting a female being is of the feminine gender.
    — from An Advanced English Grammar with Exercises by Frank Edgar Farley and George Lyman Kittredge
  5. The gender of masculine and of feminine nouns may be shown in various ways.
    — from An Advanced English Grammar with Exercises by Frank Edgar Farley and George Lyman Kittredge
  6. “What a pretty spot!” said a feminine voice.
    — from Project Gutenberg Compilation of Short Stories by Chekhov by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov
  7. “Forgive me for receiving you here,” the lieutenant heard in a mellow feminine voice with a burr on the letter r which was not without charm.
    — from Project Gutenberg Compilation of Short Stories by Chekhov by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov
  8. At that moment, to his surprise, he heard hurried footsteps and the rustling of a dress, a breathless feminine voice whispered “At last!”
    — from Project Gutenberg Compilation of Short Stories by Chekhov by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov
  9. Lydgate's anger rose: he was prepared to be indulgent towards feminine weakness, but not towards feminine dictation.
    — from Middlemarch by George Eliot
  10. Whereupon she went to work, having the feminine aversion of going to hell.
    — from Maggie: A Girl of the Streets by Stephen Crane
  11. Does your feminine tyranny require that when you say the thing you mean is one of several things, I should know it immediately by that mark?"
    — from The Mill on the Floss by George Eliot
  12. Reason is feminine in nature; it can only give after it has received.
    — from The World as Will and Idea (Vol. 1 of 3) by Arthur Schopenhauer
  13. Bushido being a teaching primarily intended for the masculine sex, the virtues it prized in woman were naturally far from being distinctly feminine.
    — from Bushido, the Soul of Japan by Inazo Nitobe
  14. In Jesus the masculine and feminine elements of humanity were blended harmoniously.
    — from History of Woman Suffrage, Volume I
  15. He wished woman to recognize the feminine element in her being, for if she understood this, it would guide her in everything.
    — from History of Woman Suffrage, Volume I
  16. The goddess represents the feminine element in the universe.
    — from Ancient Pagan and Modern Christian Symbolism by Thomas Inman and M.R.C.S.E. John Newton
  17. The eternal feminine, the odious and seductive feminine, was stronger in her than in any other woman.
    — from Complete Original Short Stories of Guy De Maupassant by Guy de Maupassant

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