different between feminal vs feminality

English

Adjective

feminal (comparative more feminal, superlative most feminal)

1. Of or pertaining to women, femininity or feminism

Anagrams

• inflame

Latin

Etymology 1

f?mina (“woman”) +? -?lis.

Noun

f?minal n (genitive f?min?lis); third declension

1. female genitalia

Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, “pure” i-stem).

Etymology 2

femur (“thigh”) +? -?lis.

Noun

feminal n (genitive femin?lis); third declension

1. breeches (or other coverings for the legs)

Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, “pure” i-stem).

References

• feminal in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• feminal in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

English

Etymology

feminal +? -ity

Noun

feminality (countable and uncountable, plural feminalities)

1. The quality of being feminal; femininity.
   • 1702, George Farquhar, The Inconstant: Or, The Way to Win Him, Act IV in The Works of Mr. George Farquhar, London: John Rivington et al., 10th edition, 1772, p. 48,^[1]

     Oriana. But don’t you think there is a great deal of Merit in dedicating a beautiful Face and Person to the Service of Religion?

     Bisarre. Not half so much as devoting ’em to a pretty Fellow: If our Feminality had no Business in this World, why was it sent hither?

   • 1913, Amelia E. Barr, All the Days of My Life: An Autobiography, New York: Appleton, Chapter 13, p. 211,^[2]

     No one knows better than I do, that woman, in all essential characteristics, is the same yesterday, today, and forever, yet the readiness with which she lends herself to the variations of race, climate, caste, creed, nationality, and conditions of every kind, is the greatest charm of her feminality.