Definition of effeminate

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Effeminate (a.) Womanlike; womanly; tender; -- in a good sense.

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Effeminate :: Effeminate (a.) Having some characteristic of a woman, as delicacy, luxuriousness, etc.; soft or delicate to an unmanly degree; womanish; weak..
Effeminateness :: Effeminateness (n.) The state of being effeminate; unmanly softness.
Effeminate :: Effeminate (a.) Womanlike; womanly; tender; -- in a good sense.
Emolliate :: Emolliate (a.) To soften; to render effeminate.
Womanish :: Womanish (a.) Suitable to a woman, having the qualities of a woman; effeminate; not becoming a man; -- usually in a reproachful sense. See the Note under Effeminate..
Lydian :: Lydian (a.) Of or pertaining to Lydia, a country of Asia Minor, or to its inhabitants; hence, soft; effeminate; -- said especially of one of the ancient Greek modes or keys, the music in which was of a soft, pathetic, or voluptuous character..
Milksop :: Milksop (n.) A piece of bread sopped in milk; figuratively, an effeminate or weak-minded person..
Dally :: Dally (v. i.) To waste time in effeminate or voluptuous pleasures, or in idleness; to fool away time; to delay unnecessarily; to tarry; to trifle..
Emasculate :: Emasculate (v. t.) To deprive of masculine vigor or spirit; to weaken; to render effeminate; to vitiate by unmanly softness.
Soft :: Soft (superl.) Effeminate; not courageous or manly, weak..
Effeminated :: Effeminated (imp. & p. p.) of Effeminat.
Invirile :: Invirile (a.) Deficient in manhood; unmanly; effeminate.
Nice :: Nice (superl.) Foolish; silly; simple; ignorant; also, weak; effeminate..
Soften :: Soften (v. t.) To make tender; to make effeminate; to enervate; as, troops softened by luxury..
Tender :: Tender (superl.) Physically weak; not hardly or able to endure hardship; immature; effeminate.
Sybaritism :: Sybaritical (a.) Of or pertaining to the Sybarites; resembling the Sybarites; luxurious; wanton; effeminate.
Feminize :: Feminize (v. t.) To make womanish or effeminate.
Effeminize :: Effeminize (v. t.) To make effeminate.
Meacock :: Meacock (n.) An uxorious, effeminate, or spiritless man..
Queen :: Queen (n.) A male homosexual, esp. one who is effeminate or dresses in women's clothing..
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