effete
adjective
Origin of effete
Synonyms for effete
Related Words for effete
corrupt, debased, decadent, decayed, decrepit, degenerate, dissipated, dissolute, drained, enervated, feeble, immoral, obsolete, soft, spent, washed-out, wasted, weak, declining, enfeebledExamples from the Web for effete
Contemporary Examples of effete
Some critics have made the same sorts of arguments about the remote and effete president.
Unlike their effete northeastern shadows, country boys rarely fade away.
The courtiers were an effete and in some cases epicene crew.
It sees test scores as effete and irrelevant, like the older privileges of birth.
When I went to basketball camp, the boys from the real West Virginia would make fun of us effete Morgantown kids.
Historical Examples of effete
No mistaking you for anything but what you are—the sickly product of an effete civilisation.
Audrey CravenMay Sinclair
Only look at the theological quiddities of effete scholasticism.
Erasmus and the Age of ReformationJohan Huizinga
They call us rough, and we try to get even by terming them effete.
The Prairie MotherArthur Stringer
In fine, it will become old and effete, no less truly than the individual.
Natural Law in the Spiritual WorldHenry Drummond
She scorned the suggestion that a bath-room be added; an effete idea.
The Heart of ArethusaFrancis Barton Fox