MASCULINE

masculine

(adjective) associated with men and not with women

masculine

(adjective) of grammatical gender

masculine

(adjective) (music or poetry) ending on an accented beat or syllable; “a masculine cadence”; “the masculine rhyme of ‘annoy, enjoy’”

masculine

(noun) a gender that refers chiefly (but not exclusively) to males or to objects classified as male

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Adjective

masculine (comparative more masculine, superlative most masculine)

Of or pertaining to the male gender; manly.

Of or pertaining to the male sex; biologically male, not female.

Synonym: male

Antonyms: female, womanly

Belonging to males; typically used by males.

Having the qualities stereotypically associated with men: virile, aggressive, not effeminate.

Synonyms: manly, virile

Antonyms: effeminate, emasculated, epicene, unmanly

(grammar) Of, pertaining or belonging to the male grammatical gender, in languages that have gender distinctions.

(of a noun) Being of the masculine class, or grammatical gender, and inflected in that manner.

(of some other parts of speech) Being inflected in agreement with the masculine noun.

Coordinate terms: feminine, neuter

Noun

masculine (plural masculines)

(grammar) The masculine gender.

(grammar) A word of the masculine gender.

That which is masculine.

(rare, possibly obsolete) A man.

Anagrams

• calumnies, manicules, semuncial

Source: Wiktionary

Mas"cu*line, a. Etym: [L. masculinus, fr. masculus male, manly, dim. of mas a male: cf. F. masculin. See Male masculine.]

1. Of the male sex; not female. Thy masculine children, that is to say, thy sons. Chaucer.

2. Having the qualities of a man; suitable to, or characteristic of, a man; virile; not feminine or effeminate; strong; robust. That lady, after her husband's death, held the reins with a masculine energy. Hallam.

3. Belonging to males; appropriated to, or used by, males. [R.] "A masculine church." Fuller.

4. (Gram.)

Definition: Having the inflections of, or construed with, words pertaining especially to male beings, as distinguished from feminine and neuter. See Gender.

– Mas"cu*line*ly, adv.

– Mas"cu*line*ness, n.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition