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Definition of Masculine

Masculine

  1. Of the male sex; not female.
  2. Having the qualities of a man; suitable to, or characteristic of, a man; virile; not feminine or effeminate; strong; robust.
  3. Belonging to males; appropriated to, or used by, males.
  4. Having the inflections of, or construed with, words pertaining especially to male beings, as distinguished from feminine and neuter. See Gender.

Masculine Quotations

In fact, my popularity seems almost entirely a masculine phenomenon.
Marilyn Monroe

Curiosity, n. An objectionable quality of the female mind. The desire to know whether or not a woman is cursed with curiosity is one of the most active and insatiable passions of the masculine soul.
Ambrose Bierce

As regards the individual nature, woman is defective and misbegotten, for the active power of the male seed tends to the production of a perfect likeness in the masculine sex; while the production of a woman comes from defect in the active power.
Thomas Aquinas

It would be difficult for me not to conclude that the most perfect type of masculine beauty is Satan, as portrayed by Milton.
Charles Baudelaire

I love being a woman and I was not one of these women who rose through professional life by wearing men's clothes or looking masculine. I loved wearing bright colors and being who I am.
Madeleine Albright
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Masculine Translations

masculine in Afrikaans is manlik
masculine in Danish is mandlig
masculine in Dutch is mannelijk
masculine in French is masculin
masculine in Italian is maschile
masculine in Spanish is varonil
masculine in Swedish is maskulin

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