femynyte

Middle English

Alternative forms

• feminytee, femynitie
• (remodelled) femyninnyte, femyninytee, femynynytee, ffemynynyte

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French feminite; sometimes remodelled as if femynyne +‎ -ite.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɛˌminiˈteː/, /fɛmiˌniniˈteː/

Noun

femynyte (uncountable)

1. The entirety of women; womankind.
2. Womanliness, femininity; the qualities that typify a woman.

Descendants

• English: feminity, femininity

References

• “feminitẹ̄, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
• “femininitẹ̄, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.