masculine : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: masculine	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for masculine
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
masculine adj of grammatical gender Antonym(s): feminine, neuter associated with men and not with women Antonym(s): feminine (music or poetry) ending on an accented beat or syllable; "a masculine cadence"; "the masculine rhyme of `annoy, enjoy'" n a gender that refers chiefly (but not exclusively) to males or to objects classified as male
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Masculine \Mas"culine\, a. [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.] [bd]A masculine church.[b8] --Fuller. 4. (Gram.) Having the inflections of, or construed with, words pertaining especially to male beings, as distinguished from {feminine} and {neuter}. See {Gender}. -- {Mas"culinely}, adv. -- {Mas"culineness}, n.