Effeminate | Word Effeminate at Open Dictionary of English by LearnThat Foundation

In Shakespeare's time, male actors who were skilled at acting effeminately were cast to play female roles.
This term is correctly translated to the word effeminate or weak.
In other cultures he might be described as effeminate and, therefore, be an object of derision.
But both Lionel and Adrian are described as "effeminate"

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