hyper-feminine

hy·per-fem·i·nine

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Definitions of hyper-feminine word

adjective hyper-feminine pertaining to a woman or girl: feminine beauty; feminine dress. 1
adjective hyper-feminine having qualities traditionally ascribed to women, as sensitivity or gentleness. 1
adjective hyper-feminine effeminate; womanish: a man with a feminine walk. 1
adjective hyper-feminine belonging to the female sex; female: feminine staff members. 1
adjective hyper-feminine Grammar. noting or pertaining to that one of the three genders of Latin, Greek, German, etc., or one of the two genders of French, Spanish, Hebrew, etc., having among its members most nouns referring to females, as well as other nouns, as Latin stella “star,” or German Zeit “time.”. 1
noun hyper-feminine the feminine gender. 1

before 1350

One of the 20% oldest English words

1350-1400; Middle English < Anglo-French, Old French: feminine of feminin < L of fēminīnus, equivalent to fēmin(a) woman (see fetus) + -īnus -ine1

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A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 93% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.

Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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