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Effeminate

Effeminate (effeminate)
a.(?)
Ef*fem"i*nate
[L. effeminatus, p. p. of effeminare to make a woman of; ex out + femina a woman. See Feminine, ]
  1. Having some characteristic of a woman, as delicacy, luxuriousness, etc.; soft or delicate to an unmanly degree; womanish; weak.

    The king, by his voluptuous life and mean marriage, became effeminate, and less sensible of honor. Bacon.

    An effeminate and unmanly foppery. Bp. Hurd.

  2. Womanlike; womanly; tender; -- in a good sense.

    Gentle, kind, effeminate remorse. Shak.

    * Effeminate and womanish are generally used in a reproachful sense; feminine and womanly, applied to women, are epithets of propriety or commendation.

Effeminate

Effeminate (effeminate)
v. t.(?)
Ef*fem"i*nate
[imp. *** p. p. Effeminated (?)] p. pr. *** vb. n. Effeminating (?).]
  1. To make womanish] to make soft and delicate; to weaken.

    It will not corrupt or effeminate children's minds. Locke.

Effeminate

Effeminate (effeminate)
v. i.
Ef*fem"i*nate
  1. To grow womanish or weak.

    In a slothful peace both courage will effeminate and manners corrupt. Pope.













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