masculine

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   (music or poetry) ending on an accented beat or syllable

   A masculine cadence.

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Simplified etymology

Masculine entered English in the late Middle Ages and comes from Latin masculus. The same Latin word is also the source of male and lies behind macho and machismo, which reached English through Mexican Spanish.

From Middle English masculyne, masculyn, from Old French masculin, from Latin masculīnus, diminutive of masculus (“male, manly”), itself a diminutive of mās (“male”). Displaced native Old English werlīċ (literally “manly”).

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