Somewhat humorous. [f. FEMALE sb. + -ITY. Cf. OF. femelete.]
1. Female nature or characteristics.
1754. Richardson, Grandison (1781), VI. xxii. 117. I was afraid of your Femality, when you came face to face.
1773. Lady’s Mag., IV. 3. My femality, or in other words, my curiosity was greater.
1844. Marg. Fuller, Wom. 19th C. (1862), 115. Feminine element spoken of as Femality.
b. pl. Samples of female character, females.
c. 1801. T. Selwyn, Warning to Batchelors, ii. (M.S.). Knights of the chace To be hunted yourselves were a pitiful case; Suspect these femalities.
2. Effeminacy, unmanliness.
16[?]. Songs Lond. Prentices (Percy), 68.
| Disband feamality, let courage be your portion, | |
| In such a case, vallour’s the best devotion. |
