feminines

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Although made with contemporary means, Hill’s smeary feminines recall the sharper-edged experiments of Cubists and Futurists.

From Washington Post • Feb. 25, 2016

Gender is indicated except in the case of masculine nouns ending in '-o' and feminines ending in '-a.'

From The German Element in Brazil Colonies and Dialect by Schappelle, Benjamin Franklin

He sprees, is caught, rusticates, returns next year, mingles with feminines, and is consequently degraded into the spooney Junior.

From A Collection of College Words and Customs by Hall, Benjamin Homer

All the other oldest relatives gradually dropt away, and 'that' came to be applied also to plural antecedents, and to masculines and feminines.

From The Verbalist A Manual Devoted to Brief Discussions of the Right and the Wrong Use of Words and to Some Other Matters of Interest to Those Who Would Speak and Write with Propriety. by Osmun, Thomas Embly

In feminines the final vowel '-a' is as a rule weakened to 'e', e.g.,

From The German Element in Brazil Colonies and Dialect by Schappelle, Benjamin Franklin