masculine
Noun · AdjectiveUS[mas-kyuh-luhn]/ˈmæskjələn/3 syllables
Open English WordNet
Adjective (3)
- male (of grammatical gender)Opposite feminine, neuter
- associated with men and not with womenOpposite feminineSimilar male, mannish, butchSee also manly, male
- (music or poetry) ending on an accented beat or syllable“a masculine cadence”“the masculine rhyme of ‘annoy, enjoy’”Opposite unstressedSimilar stressed, accented
Noun (1)
- a gender that refers chiefly (but not exclusively) to males or to objects classified as maleType of gender, grammatical gender
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
mas′cu·line (măs′kū-lĭn), adjective
Origin: 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.— Geoffrey 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.— Henry Hallam
3. Belonging to males; appropriated to, or used by, males. rare “A masculine church.” Thomas Fuller
4. Grammar Having the inflections of, or construed with, words pertaining especially to male beings, as distinguished from feminine and neuter. See Gender. — Mas′wb-a1′>′cu·line·ly, adverb — Mas′wb-a1′>′cu·line·ness, noun
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54