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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
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Quotation dates: 1500-1599
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Masculine, a. [ME. (a 1380, Chaucer) and e.m.E. masculine, -yne, F. masculin, -ine, L. masculīn-us, f. mascul-us Mascul a.] Masculine, male. a. As a grammatical gender. b. Befitting a man, manly. — 1531 Vaus (1531) 2.
The masculine gener, the feminine gener [etc.] 15.. Clariodus iv. 1064.
Full corpolent he was … With masculine heart and sperit leonine
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