gendered
English
Verb
gendered
- simple past and past participle of gender (“assign gender to”)
- (archaic) simple past and past participle of gender (“engender”)
- 1662, Henry More, An Antidote Against Atheism, Book I, A Collection of Several Philosophical Writings of Dr. Henry More, page 11:
- "...or some hidden Spermatick power has gendered these both Anchors, Urnes, Coins, and Sculls in the ground...
- 1662, Henry More, An Antidote Against Atheism, Book I, A Collection of Several Philosophical Writings of Dr. Henry More, page 11:
Adjective
gendered (comparative more gendered, superlative most gendered)
- (linguistics, of a language) Having grammatical gender.
- Grammatically, Hebrew is a gendered language because every noun is either masculine or feminine.
- Pertaining to gender or having attributes due to gender.
- His clothes were highly gendered.
- Divided by gender.
- In the past, parenting was a more gendered activity with more distinct male and female roles.