effeminate
adjective
(of a man or boy) having traits, tastes, habits, etc., traditionally considered feminine, as softness or delicacy.
effeminateness
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a word derived from
effeminate.
Example Sentences
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To all appearances equally removed from effeminateness and brutality, he was subject, nevertheless, to accesses of both.
From Atlantis by Adele Szold Seltzer
Her perfect simplicity of motive and abandonment of selfish, vain effeminateness made her the delight of the great men she met.
From Memories of Hawthorne by Rose Hawthorne Lathrop
Anointed and fragrant as an Asiatic despot, the strong Ulysses would sometimes revolt against this effeminateness.
From Mare Nostrum (Our Sea) A Novel by Charlotte Brewster Jordan
Milton, from the extreme elegance of his person and his mind, rather than from any effeminateness of character, was called while in the University, "the lady of Christ's College."
From Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 2 Great Britain and Ireland, Part 2 by Francis W. (Francis Whiting) Halsey
