masculinise

See also: masculinisé

English

Etymology

From masculine +‎ -ise.

Verb

masculinise (third-person singular simple present masculinises, present participle masculinising, simple past and past participle masculinised)

  1. Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of masculinize.
    • 2022 June 28, Jamie Millar, “'SARM Goblins': The Young Men Hooked on Steroids”, in VICE[1], archived from the original on 7 November 2023:
      Gynecomastia is estimated to affect anywhere from 30 to 70 per cent of males at some stage of their lives. And "gyne" or "gyno", as it's commonly known, is not only an unwelcome (and ironic) side-effect of anabolic-androgenic - that is, muscle-building and masculinising - steroids: it can also be caused by other hormonal disruptors such as alcohol, cigarettes, cannabis, obesity, puberty (usually temporarily) and old age. But [Tom] Powell says his gyno was "99 percent" likely due to steroids.

Derived terms

French

Verb

masculinise

  1. inflection of masculiniser:
    1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person singular imperative