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1. (adj.) effeminate
(of a man or boy) having traits, tastes, habits, etc., traditionally considered feminine, as softness or delicacy.
2. effeminate
characterized by softness, delicacy, weakness, or lack of vigor.
Etymology: (1350–1400; ME < L effēminātus, orig. ptp. of effēmināre to emasculate =ef-ef - +-fēmināre, der. of fēmina woman)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adj) effeminate, emasculate, epicene, cissy, sissified, sissyish, sissy
having unsuitable feminine qualities
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) effeminate
having some characteristic of a woman, as delicacy, luxuriousness, etc.; soft or delicate to an unmanly degree; womanish; weak
2. (adj) effeminate
womanlike; womanly; tender; -- in a good sense
3. (verb) effeminate
to make womanish; to make soft and delicate; to weaken
4. (verb) effeminate
to grow womanish or weak
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Sense: (of a man) unmanly or womanish.
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 Afrikaans: ouvrouagtig, meisierig |
 Arabic: مُتَأنِّث، مُتَخَنِّث، كا |
 Bulgarian: женствен |
 Brazilian: efeminado |
 Czech: zšenštilý |
 German: weichlich |
 Danish: feminin; kvindelig |
 Greek: θηλυπρεπής |
 Spanish: afeminado |
 Estonian: naiselik |
 Farsi: زن صفت؛ زن خوی |
 Finnish: naismainen |
 French: efféminé |
 Hebrew: נָשִׁי, לא גַברִי |
 Hindi: नारी जैसा |
 Croatian: ženskast |
 Hungarian: nőies (férfi) |
 Indonesian: kewanita-wanitaan |
 Icelandic: kvenlegur |
 Italian: effeminato |
 Japanese: めめしい |
 Korean: 사내답지 못한 |
 Lithuanian: sumoteriškėjęs |
 Latvian: (par vīrieti) sievišķīgs; |
 Malay: keperempuanan |
 Dutch: verwijfd |
 Norwegian: feminin |
 Polish: zniewieściały |
 Persian: زن صفت؛ زن خوی |
 Pashto: ښځنى، ښځرنګى، دشځې په ډول |
 Portuguese: efeminado |
 Romanian: efeminat |
 Russian: женоподобный |
 Slovak: zženštený |
 Slovenian: pomehkužen, ženskega vide |
 Serbian: feminiziran |
 Swedish: feminin, omanlig |
 Thai: ลักษณะเหมือนผู้หญิง |
 Turkish: kadınsı |
 Taiwanese: (男人)娘娘腔的 |
 Ukrainian: подібний до жінки; зніжен |
 Urdu: زنانہ انداز رکھنے والا مر |
 Vietnamese: như đàn bà |
 Chinese: 有女子气的，娇气的 |
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