adj.
- having qualities or appearance traditionally associated with men.
▸male.
- Grammar of or denoting a gender of nouns and adjectives conventionally regarded as male.
n.
(
the masculine)
the male sex or gender.
Derivative
- masculinely adv.
- masculinist adj. or n.
- masculinity n.
Etymology
ME: via OFr. from L. masculinus, from masculus ‘male’.