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
All ending in the invariably long vowels, H and O, and in A among the vowels that may be long, are feminines.
From Aristotle on the art of poetry by Ingram Bywater
A stir in the adjoining bed soon warned me that the other feminines were preparing to follow her example; so, turning my face to the wall, I feigned to be sleeping.
From Among the Pines or, South in Secession Time by James R. Gilmore
A vanguard have proceeded in advance to take possession of the deserted house; while Aunt Rachel, with her cortŠge of feminines, is fussing over "young missus."
From Our World, Or, the Slaveholder's Daughter by F. Colburn (Francis Colburn) Adams
The interior of the church was dim and crowded with feminines, and I could only hear flutters and rustlings, together with a subdued mumble at the remoter end—which I ascertained to be the ceremony.
From Baboo Jabberjee, B.A. by F. Anstey
