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