Handsome being a male adjective is a recent development though. Read some 19th century novels and the women are routinely described as handsome. I told my girl

Handsome being a male adjective is a recent development though. Read some 19th century novels and the women are routinely described as handsome. I told my girlfriend she was handsome the other day and she objected strenuously. https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/355908/why-is-handsome-usually-used-for-men-not-women https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/355908/why-is-ha...