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gentle sex en · NOUN
Pronunciation
Meanings
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(dated, idiomatic, offensive, sometimes) Women generally.
A patriotic virago, armed with a brace of pistols, enacted prodigies; and a young man, who distinguished himself in a remarkable manner, has since proved to be of the gentle sex.
1830, William Carpenter, Anecdotes of the French revolution, of 1830, page 49:
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Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see gentle, sex.
Forms
Antonyms
stern sex · sterner sex
Synonyms
fair sex