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Characteristic of a felon; malignant; fierce; malicious; cruel; traitorous; disloyal. Vain shows of love to vail his felon hate. Pope.

Belonging to an individual of the female sex; characteristic of woman; feminine; as, female tenderness. "Female usurpation.'b8 Milton. To the generous decision of a female mind, we owe the discovery of America. Belknap.

Of or pertaining to a woman, or to women; characteristic of a woman; womanish; womanly. Her letters are remarkably deficient in feminine ease and grace. Macaulay.

Indicating, or pertaining to, fever; characteristic of a fever; as, feverish symptoms.

The characteristics or practices of a filibuster. Bartlett.

., end of the century; -- mostly used adjectively in English to signify: belonging to, or characteristic of, the close of the 19th century; modern; "up-to-date;" as, fin-de-siècle ideas.

A name loosely applied in popular usage to many animals of diverse characteristics, living in the water.

Pertaining to a fluid, or to its flowing motion. Fluidal structure (Geol.), the structure characteristic of certain volcanic rocks in which the arrangement of the minute crystals shows the lines of flow of thew molten material before solidification; -- also called fluxion structure.

The quality or characteristics of a flunky; readiness to cringe to those who are superior in wealth or position; toadyism. Thackeray.

Foplike; characteristic of a top in dress or manners; making an ostentatious display of gay clothing; affected in manners.

The peculiar characteristics of an organism as a type of others; also, the structure of the parts of an animal or plant.

In a formal manner; essentially; characteristically; expressly; regularly; ceremoniously; precisely. That which formally makes this [charity] a Christian grace, is the spring from which it flows. Smalridge. You and your followers do stand formally divided against the authorized guides of the church and rest of the peop…

Resembling a fox in his characteristic qualities; cunning; artful; foxy.

Characteristic of one acting without restraint; charming; easy.

A French mode or characteristic; an idiom peculiar to the French language. Earle.

Pertaining to the family Fringillidæ; characteristic of finches; sparrowlike.

A supposed rare metallic element, with a characteristic spectrum, found associated with yttrium and other rare metals. Its individuality and properties have not yet been determined.

Characteristic of Gargantua, a gigantic, wonderful personage; enormous; prodigious; inordinate.

The quality or characteristics of a gem or jewel. [Obs.] Bailey.

Very comprehensive; pertaining or appropriate to large classes or their characteristics; -- opposed to Ant: specific.