effeminate

ef·fem·i·nate  (-fm-nt)

adj.

1. Having qualities or characteristics more often associated with women than men. See Synonyms at female.

2. Characterized by weakness and excessive refinement.

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[Middle English effeminat, from Latin effmintus, past participle of effminre, to make feminine : ex-, ex- + fmina, woman; see dh(i)- in Indo-European roots.]

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ef·femi·nate n.

ef·femi·nate·ly adv.

ef·femi·nate·ness n.

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effeminate

Adjective

(of a man) displaying characteristics regarded as typical of a woman [Latin femina woman]

effeminacy n

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

effeminate - having unsuitable feminine qualities cissy, emasculate, sissified, sissy, sissyish, epicene unmanful, unmanlike, unmanly - not possessing qualities befitting a man

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effeminate

adjective womanly, affected, camp (informal) soft, weak, feminine, unmanly, sissy, effete, foppish, womanish, wussy (slang) womanlike, poofy (slang) wimpish or wimpy (informal) << OPPOSITE manly

Translations

effeminate [ɪˈfɛmɪnɪt] adj → afeminado

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effeminate [ɪˈfɛmɪnɪt] adj → efféminé(e)

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effeminate [ɪˈfɛmɪnɪt] adj → feminin, effeminiert

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effeminate [ɪˈfɛmɪnɪt] adj → effeminato/a

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effeminate

adj effeminate [iˈfeminət]

(of a man) unmanly or womanish. ouvrouagtig, meisierig مُتَأنِّث، مُتَخَنِّث، كالنِّساء женствен zšenštilý feminin; kvindelig weichlich θηλυπρεπής afeminado naiselik زن صفت؛ زن خوی naismainen efféminé נָשִׁי, לא גַברִי नारी जैसा ženskast nőies (férfi) kewanita-wanitaan kvenlegur effeminato めめしい 사내답지 못한 sumoteriškėjęs (par vīrieti) sievišķīgs; mīkstčaulīgs keperempuanan verwijfd feminin zniewieściały efeminado efeminat женоподобный zženštený pomehkužen, ženskega videza feminiziran feminin, omanlig ลักษณะเหมือนผู้หญิง kadınsı (男人)女子氣的 подібний до жінки; зніжений زنانہ انداز رکھنے والا مرد như đàn bà 有女子气的，娇气的