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n. - Quality or state of being marked by qualities more characteristic of and suited to women than to men

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Usage examples (8)
  • Adjective : effeminate luxury
  • Anointed and fragrant as an Asiatic despot, the strong Ulysses would sometimes revolt against this effeminateness.
  • Their faces of men and hair like women doubtless signify their boldness on the one hand and their effeminateness on the other.
  • Her perfect simplicity of motive and abandonment of selfish, vain effeminateness made her the delight of the great men she met.
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