feminate

English edit

Etymology edit

Latin feminatus effeminate.

Adjective edit

feminate (comparative more feminate, superlative most feminate)

(obsolete) feminine
- 1629, John Ford, The Broken Heart, act 5 acene 3:
  a feminate authority

References edit

“feminate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Latin edit

Adjective edit

fēmināte

vocative masculine singular of fēminātus

Participle edit

femināte

vocative masculine singular of feminātus

Verb edit

femināte

second-person plural present active imperative of feminō

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