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4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Effeminate \Ef*fem"i*nate\, v. i. To grow womanish or weak. In a slothful peace both courage will effeminate and manners corrupt. --Pope. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Effeminate \Ef*fem"i*nate\, a. [L. effeminatus p. p. of effeminare to make a woman of ex out + femina a woman. See {Feminine}, a.] 1. Having some characteristic of a woman, as delicacy, luxuriousness, etc.; soft or delicate to an unmanly degree; womanish; weak. The king, by his voluptuous life and mean marriage, became effeminate, and less sensible of honor. --Bacon. An effeminate and unmanly foppery. --Bp. Hurd. 2. Womanlike; womanly; tender; -- in a good sense Gentle, kind effeminate remorse. --Shak. Note: Effeminate and womanish are generally used in a reproachful sense feminine and womanly, applied to women, are epithets of propriety or commendation. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Effeminate \Ef*fem"i*nate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Effeminated}; p. pr & vb n. {Effeminating}.] To make womanish; to make soft and delicate; to weaken. It will not corrupt or effeminate children's minds. --Locke. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: effeminate adj 1: having unsuitable feminine qualities [syn: {emasculate}, {epicene}, {cissy}, {sissified}, {sissyish}, {sissy}] 2: characterized by excessive softness or self-indulgence; "an effeminate civilization" [syn: {weak}]
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