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effeminate
[ adjective ih-fem-uh-nit; verb ih-fem-uh-neyt ]
adjective
- (of a man or boy) having traits, tastes, habits, etc., traditionally considered feminine, as softness or delicacy.
- characterized by excessive softness, delicacy, self-indulgence, etc.:
effeminate luxury.
verb (used with or without object)
- to make or become effeminate.
effeminate
/ ɪˈɛɪɪ /
adjective
- (of a man or boy) displaying characteristics regarded as typical of a woman; not manly
- lacking firmness or vigour
an effeminate piece of writing
Derived Forms
- ˈڱԲ, noun
- ˈڱԲٱ, adverb
Other 51Թ Forms
- ·ڱi·Բٱ· adverb
- ·ڱi·Բٱ·Ա noun
- ·ڱi·ԲtDz noun
- ܲe·ڱi·Բٱ adjective
- un·ڱi·Բٱ· adverb
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of effeminate1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of effeminate1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
In fact, I think those gendered stereotypes — Americans as virile and manly; Europeans as emasculated or effeminate — go back much further than that, and were inhaled by nearly all American men of Trump’s generation.
This is the message that Ridley Scott chose for his movie: Rome has been taken over by a foppish, effeminate class of men in perfumed silks.
Refusing to develop the necessary people skills to get ahead because you think it's effeminate will keep you from moving ahead.
A typical if slightly effeminate adolescent Jewish boy, California version.
Depicting East Asian men as "effeminate rice eaters" was used as a justification for European colonial rule in Asia in the 1800s and for later stoking anti-immigrant sentiment in the U.S.
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