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masculine

[mas-kyuh-lin] / ˈmæs kjə lɪn /


ADJECTIVE
of the male sex
Synonyms
STRONGEST
Antonyms
STRONGEST


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He also gives advice on appearing masculine and performs stunts to shock followers.

From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026

She’s repeatedly told me that El-Sayed seems like an overly masculine guy who’s doing a right-wing machismo act.

From Slate ● Oct. 19, 2026

Part of their unofficial relationship homework involves field missions that spark heated conversations about masculine insecurity and Diarra’s conflicted desires about motherhood.

From Salon ● Aug. 1, 2026

In many corners of the internet, tallow isn’t marketed simply as a moisturizer but as a return to something more primal and distinctly masculine.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 27, 2026

If you want to avoid the masculine but hate the clunky his or her alternative, don’t resort to the plural.

From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner

A-h! how popular that will be with poor masculines!

From Bart Ridgeley A Story of Northern Ohio by A. G. Riddle

About the end of the 11th century feminines not ending in e = ǝ take, by analogy of the masculines, s in the nom. sing., thus distinguishing nom. flors from acc. flor.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 1 "Franciscans" to "French Language" by Various

The nominative of masculines of the first declension in Α belongs to the Latin, Homeric, Dryopian, Thessalian, Bœotian, Macedonian, and Elean dialects.

From The History and Antiquities of the Doric Race, Vol. 2 of 2 by Karl Otfried Müller

"Dazzling, by God!" whispered some of the masculines that stood apart, and there were others that spoke not a word, but stood spell-bound at her majestic mien.

From Mistress Penwick by Dutton Payne

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


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