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effeminate(1) (iou)



effeminate adjective & noun. LME.
[Latin effeminatus pa. pple of effeminare make feminine, from EF- + femina woman: see -ATE2.]
A. adjective.
(Of a man) having characteristics regarded as feminine or unmanly; delicate, feeble, self-indulgent. LME.
J. Braine Despite the manicure and the diamond ring he didn't look effeminate.
b. Characterized by or proceeding from unmanly weakness, softness, or delicacy. L16.
Gibbon Rome was..humbled beneath the effeminate luxury of Oriental despotism.
c. Gentle, tender, compassionate. Only in L16.
Shakespeare Richard III Your tenderness of heart And gentle, kind, effeminate remorse.
Excessively amorous; addicted to womanizing. L15-L16.
b. noun. An effeminate man. L16.
effeminately adverb E16.
effeminateness noun L16.