fair sex



fair sex

Girls or women, as in Many women would object to being called the fair sex nowadays. This euphemism uses fair in the sense of "physically beautiful" and is probably dying out. [Mid-1600s]
See also: fair, sex

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Gale (2)GAYLEnglish
Tore (2)-Italian
OskarAWS-kahr (German, Polish)Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, German, Polish
Binay-Bengali
TessTESEnglish, Dutch
AhrimanAH-ri-mahnPersian Mythology