2 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Masculine \Mas"cu*line\, a. [L. masculinus fr masculus male,
manly, dim. of mas a male: cf F. masculin. See {Male}
masculine.]
1. Of the male sex; not female.
Thy masculine children, that is to say thy sons.
--Chaucer.
2. Having the qualities of a man; suitable to or
characteristic of a man; virile; not feminine or
effeminate; strong; robust.
That lady, after her husband's death, held the reins
with a masculine energy. --Hallam.
3. Belonging to males; appropriated to or used by males.
[R.] ``A masculine church.'' --Fuller.
4. (Gram.) Having the inflections of or construed with
words pertaining especially to male beings, as
distinguished from {feminine} and {neuter}. See {Gender}.
-- {Mas"cu*line*ly}, adv -- {Mas"cu*line*ness}, n.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
masculine
adj 1: of grammatical gender [ant: {feminine}, {neuter}]
2: associated with men and not with women [ant: {feminine}]
3: (music or poetry) ending on an accented beat or syllable; "a
masculine cadence"; "the masculine rhyme of `annoy,
enjoy'"
n : a gender that refers chiefly (but not exclusively) to males
or to objects classified as male
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