Effeminacy
Last Updated: January 2, 2026 at 12:30 PM
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Definition of Effeminacy
noun
- The state or quality of being effeminate; feminine delicacy or weakness; want of manliness; womanishness: commonly applied, in reproach, to men exhibiting such a character.
- Characteristic quality of a woman, such as softness, luxuriousness, delicacy, or weakness, which is unbecoming a man; womanish delicacy or softness; -- used reproachfully of men.
- the quality of being effeminate
- the trait of being effeminate (derogatory of a man)
"he was shocked by the softness of the atmosphere surrounding the young prince, arising from the superfluity of the femininity that guided him"
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