Top Definitions
Quizzes
Examples

effemination

[ ĭ-fĕm′ə-nā′shən ]

Save This Word!

n.

The acquisition of feminine characteristics, either physiologically by women, or pathologically by persons of either sex.

QUIZZES

THINK YOU’VE GOT A HANDLE ON THIS US STATE NICKNAME QUIZ?

Did you ever collect all those state quarters? Put them to good use on this quiz about curious state monikers and the facts around them.

Question 1 of 8

Mississippi’s nickname comes from the magnificent trees that grow there. What is it?

The Sunflower State

The Evergreen State

The Magnolia State

The Mockingbird State

TAKE THE QUIZ TO FIND OUT

Words nearby effemination

effectual, effectually, effectuate, effeminacy, effeminate, effemination, effeminize, effendi, efferent, efferent duct, efferent glomerular arteriole

The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.

Example sentences from the Web for effemination

Effemination is a disease which, taken at its inception, can generally be eradicated and cured.
Religion and Lust|James Weir
The victim of effemination, however, is saved by no such accidental forethought.
Religion and Lust|James Weir
Effemination finds more victims among the wealthy and the educated than among the poor and uneducated.
Religion and Lust|James Weir
Almost every case of effemination or viraginity can be cured if recognized and treated in its incipiency.
Religion and Lust|James Weir

Effemination and viraginity are common types of degeneration which always follow in the wake of luxury and debauchery.
Religion and Lust|James Weir

See Today's Synonym