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Word of the Day - feminal

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feminal

/ˈfɛmɪn(ə)l/
adjective
archaic
Relating to a woman.

Origin
Late Middle English from medieval Latin feminalis, from Latin femina ‘woman’.

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During the Middle English period, feminal seems to have duked it out with feminine and lost.

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