Feminine vs Superfeminine - What's the difference?
feminine | superfeminine |
Of or pertaining to the female gender; womanly.
Of or pertaining to the female sex; biologically female, not male.
Belonging to females; typically used by females.
Having the qualities stereotypically associated with women: nurturing, not aggressive.
* :
* :
* :
(grammar) Of, pertaining or belonging to the female grammatical gender, in languages that have gender distinctions.
That which is feminine.
A woman.
* :
(grammar) The feminine gender.
(grammar) A word of the feminine gender.
* Latham:
(informal) Very feminine.
* 1987 , Margaret Hobbs, The Hitching Post
As adjectives the difference between feminine and superfeminine
is that feminine is while superfeminine is (informal) very feminine.feminine
English
Alternative forms
*Adjective
(en adjective)- Mary, Elizabeth, and Edith are feminine names.
- Her heavenly form Angelic, but more soft and feminine .
- Her letters are remarkably deficient in feminine ease and grace.
- Ninus being esteemed no man of war at all, but altogether feminine , and subject to ease and delicacy.
Synonyms
* (of the female sex): female, womanly * (having qualities stereotypical of the female gender): caring, ladylike, nurturingAntonyms
* (of the female sex): male, manly * (having qualities stereotypical of the female gender): butch, masculine * (grammar): masculine, neuterDerived terms
* femininely * feminineness * feminine rhyme (prosody) * femininity * feminizeNoun
(en noun)- They guide the feminines toward the palace.
- There are but few true feminines in English.
superfeminine
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- Hit somewhere in the middle. How about that red dress? Smashing! You'd look superfeminine .
