Effeminate word meaning and definition

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Meaning and definition for "effeminate" word

[adjective] characterized by excessive softness or self-indulgence; "an effeminate civilization"
[adjective] having unsuitable feminine qualities

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\Ef*fem"i*nate\, a. [L. effeminatus, p. p. of effeminare to make a woman of; ex out + femina a woman. See {Feminine}, a.] 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. Note: Effeminate and womanish are generally used in a reproachful sense; feminine and womanly, applied to women, are epithets of propriety or commendation.
\Ef*fem"i*nate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Effeminated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Effeminating}.] To make womanish; to make soft and delicate; to weaken. It will not corrupt or effeminate children's minds. --Locke.
\Ef*fem"i*nate\, v. i. To grow womanish or weak. In a slothful peace both courage will effeminate and manners corrupt. --Pope.

Synonyms for effeminate

cissy, emasculate, epicene, sissified, sissy, sissyish, soft, unmanful, unmanlike, unmanly, weak

Related terms: AC-DC, amphierotic, autoerotic, bent, bisexed, bisexual, breakable, brittle, butch, campy, cheap-jack, chicken, cobwebby, crumbly, dainty, delicate, delicately weak, deviant, flimsy, fragile, frail, frangible, gay, gimcrack, gimcracky, gossamery, homoerotic, homosexual, jerry, jerry-built, lesbian, light, lightweight, mannish, muliebrous, namby-pamby, old-womanish, papery, pasteboardy, perverted, prissy, puny, queer, sapphic, shattery, sissified, sissy, sissyish, sleazy, slight, soft, tacky, transvestite, tribadistic, unmanly, unsubstantial, weak, wispy, womanish, womanly

The fun area, different aproach to word »effeminate«

Let's analyse "effeminate" as pure text. This string has Ten letters in Four syllables and Five vowels. 50% of vowels is 11.4% more then average English word. Written in backwards: ETANIMEFFE. Average typing speed for these characters is 2815 milliseconds. [info]

Morse code: . ..-. ..-. . -- .. -. .- - .

Numerology

Hearts desire number calculated from vowels: effeminate: 5 + 5 + 9 + 1 + 5 = 25, reduced: 7 . and the final result is Seven.
Destiny number calculated from all letters: effeminate: 5 + 6 + 6 + 5 + 4 + 9 + 5 + 1 + 2 + 5 = 48, reduced: 3, and the final result is Three.

Tarot cards

Letter	Num.	Tarot c.	Meaning
A (1)	1	Magician	Creative, Inventive, Intuitive
E (3)	5	Hierophant	Wise, Crafty, Daring, Inventive
F (2)	6	Lovers	Practical, Faithful, Organizer
I (1)	9	Hermit	Independent, Researcher, Intell,igent
M (1)	13	Death	Creator, Developer, Builder
N (1)	14	Temperance	Healer, Wise, Survivor, Crafty
T (1)	20	Judgement	Unswerving, Steadfast, Demanding, Forceful

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