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masculine

[mas-kyuh-lin] / ˈmæs kjə lɪn /


ADJECTIVE
of the male sex
Synonyms
STRONGEST
Antonyms
STRONGEST


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This character is all about this image of masculine perfection and masculine ego, and a supposed war hero.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 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

“I grew up listening to a lot of masculine salsa and I thought it would be interesting to approach that type of energy from a woman’s perspective,” she explained.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2026

This encouraged me, but the theory was blown by such masculine nouns as murder, toothache, and Rollerblade.

From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris

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

The neuter nouns of the a-Declension differ from the masculines only in the N.A. plural.

From Anglo-Saxon Grammar and Exercise Book with Inflections, Syntax, Selections for Reading, and Glossary by C. Alphonso (Charles Alphonso) Smith

We masculines took ourselves off for a while.

From Kitty's Conquest by Charles King

Nouns signifying males are masculines; as, fear a man, righ a king, sagart a priest, tarbh a bull, cu a dog.

From Elements of Gaelic Grammar by Alexander Stewart

The masculines end in -a, the feminines and neuters in -e.

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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