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Of or pertaining to a woman, or to women; characteristic of a woman; womanish; womanly.
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receptive water or earth qualities or signs. Taurus, Cancer, Virgo, Scorpio, Capricorn and Pisces are the feminine, Yin signs.
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The traditional definition of what a "real woman" should be-that is, passive, domestic, nurturing, dependent, emotional, preoccupied with her appearance, and maternal.
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befitting or characteristic of a woman especially a mature woman; "womanly virtues of gentleness and compassion"
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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.
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Any one of those words which are the appellations of females, or which have the terminations usually found in such words; as, actress, songstress, abbess, executrix.
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a gender that refers chiefly (but not exclusively) to females or to objects classified as female
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of grammatical gender
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Tasting term, slightly politically dubious in Britain but much used in France and by "traditional" British tasters. It is used to describe delicate and subtle wines.
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graceful and elegant but with little body : opposite to a virile wine which has not yet developed its potential
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decribes light and tender wines.
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