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effeminacy |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Effeminacy \Ef*fem"i*na*cy\, n.; pl {Effeminacies}. [From {Effeminate}.] Characteristic quality of a woman, such as softness, luxuriousness, delicacy, or weakness, which is unbecoming a man; womanish delicacy or softness; -- used reproachfully of men. --Milton. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: effeminacy n : the trait of being effeminate (derogatory of a man) [syn: {effeminateness}, {sissiness}, {womanishness}, {unmanliness}]
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