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
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
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
The masculines far outnumber the feminines, and the neuters contain only ēage, eye and ēare, ear.
From Anglo-Saxon Grammar and Exercise Book with Inflections, Syntax, Selections for Reading, and Glossary by C. Alphonso (Charles Alphonso) Smith
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
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