effeminate

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj

Of a boy or man, exhibiting behavior or mannerisms considered typical of a woman or unmasculine.
Womanly; tender, affectionate, caring.

verb

noun

/ɪˈfɛmɪnət/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-effeminate.wav LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-effeminate2.wav /ɪˈfɛmɪneɪt/

effeminate more effeminate most effeminate effæminate effeminat effœminat effœminate effeminates effeminating effeminated

From Middle English effeminat, effemynat, from Latin effēminātus, past participle of effēminō, from fēmina (“woman”).

camp swish epicene effete feminine unmanly

uneffeminate noneffeminate non-effeminate immasculate

effeminacy

effeminately effeminateness effeminist

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