feminine

In the east and some other parts, as well as among Hindus in Bangladesh, the festival sees devotees worshipping the divine feminine power with Durga Puja celebrations.

From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026

In another, he criticizes his young female aide’s outfit as not feminine enough and makes her change.

From Salon ● Sep. 14, 2026

The gags are counterbalanced by generous helpings of schmaltz, with much talk of the power of the feminine and how sisterhood defeats all.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026

Vocelle finds criticism that cat dads are seen as feminine, neurotic or less desirable as a relatively modern and unfounded affliction.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026

His toes, which peeked through leather slippers, seemed feminine, perhaps because they were so clean; they belonged to feet that always wore shoes.

From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

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

From Washington Post ● Feb. 25, 2016

Masculine nouns make regular feminines, when their termination is changed to ess: as, hunter, huntress; prince, princess; lion, lioness.

From The Grammar of English Grammars by Goold Brown

Of course we feminines, with nerves somewhat shattered from the events of the past week, were greatly alarmed.

From The Shirley Letters from California Mines in 1851-52 by Louise Amelia Knapp Smith Clappe

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 Benjamin Franklin Schappelle

The tennis court served as a joyful substitute for the drab dreariness of the new home, and the free and easy companionship of Connie's friends a happy relief from the elderly feminines that invaded it.

From A Romance of Billy-Goat Hill by Alice Caldwell Hegan Rice