effete

ef·fete (

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adj.

1. Depleted of vitality, force, or effectiveness; exhausted: the final, effete period of the baroque style.

2. Marked by self-indulgence, triviality, or decadence: an effete group of self-professed intellectuals.

3. Overrefined; effeminate.

4. No longer productive; infertile.

[Latin efftus, worn out, exhausted : ex-, ex- + ftus, bearing young, pregnant; see dh(i)- in Indo-European roots.]

ef·fetely adv.

ef·feteness n.

effete [ɪˈfiːt]

adj

1. weak, ineffectual, or decadent as a result of overrefinement an effete academic

2. exhausted of vitality or strength; worn out; spent

3. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Biology) (of animals or plants) no longer capable of reproduction

[from Latin effētus having produced young, hence, exhausted by bearing, from fētus having brought forth; see fetus]

effetely adv

effeteness n

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Adj.

effete - marked by excessive self-indulgence and moral decay; "a decadent life of excessive money and no sense of responsibility"; "a group of effete self-professed intellectuals"

decadent

indulgent - characterized by or given to yielding to the wishes of someone ; "indulgent grandparents"

effete

adjective weak, cowardly, feeble, ineffectual, decrepit, spineless, enfeebled, weak-kneed (informal), enervated, overrefined, chicken-hearted, wimpish or wimpy (informal) a charming but effete young man

Translations

effete [ɪˈfiːt] ADJ → agotado, cansado

effete

adj → schwach; person → saft- und kraftlos

effete [ɪˈfiːt] adj (pej) → decadente

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decadent effeminate effeteness exhausted feeble feminine fin-de-siècle flabby limp-wristed namby-pamby powerful rarity resilient tonk vigorous weak wet	In the meantime you can relieve your feelings by cursing the one-man power and the effete monarchies of Europe. Fantastic-Fables by Bierce, Ambrose View in context Uncouth, perhaps, and brutal, too, if judged too harshly by the standards of effete twentieth- century civilization, but withal noble, dignified, chivalrous, and loveable. At the Earth's Core by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context The knoll was there, but the Hunnish brambles had overrun and all but obliterated its effete grasses; and the patrician garden-violet had capitulated to his plebeian brother--perhaps had merely reverted to his original type. Can Such Things Be? by Bierce, Ambrose View in context	Effectualness effectuate Effectuation Effectuose Effectuously effeminacy effeminate Effeminately Effeminateness Effemination effeminise Effeminize effendi efferent efferent fiber efferent nerve efferent neuron Efferous effervesce effervescence effervescent Effervescible effervescing Effervescive Effet effete effeteness Effexor efficacious efficaciously efficaciousness efficacity efficacy efficience efficiency efficiency apartment efficiency engineer efficiency expert efficiency of a heat engine efficient efficient cause efficiently Effierce Effigial Effigiate Effigiation Effigies effigy effing Efflagitate Efflate	effervescence effervescence effervescences effervescences effervescences effervescences effervescency effervescency effervescent effervescent effervescent effervescent effervescent effervescent salt effervescently effervescently effervescently effervescently effervesces effervesces Effervescible effervescing effervescing effervescing effervescing Effervescive Effet Effet d'eviction Effet de commerce en eurodevises Effet de patrimoine effete effetely effetely effetely effeteness effeteness effeteness Effeto di comodo Effets publics Effetto Effetto alone Effexor Effexor Effexor XR Effexor XR EFFF EFFFF EFFI efficacious efficacious efficacious efficacious efficaciously efficaciously efficaciousness efficaciousness Efficacité Biologique Relative Efficacité Indépendance Laïcité efficacity efficacy efficacy

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effeminate
effeteness
exhausted
feeble
feminine
fin-de-siècle
flabby
limp-wristed
namby-pamby
powerful
rarity
resilient
tonk
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In the meantime you can relieve your feelings by cursing the one-man power and the effete monarchies of Europe.

Fantastic-Fables by Bierce, Ambrose View in context

Uncouth, perhaps, and brutal, too, if judged too harshly by the standards of effete twentieth- century civilization, but withal noble, dignified, chivalrous, and loveable.

At the Earth's Core by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context

The knoll was there, but the Hunnish brambles had overrun and all but obliterated its effete grasses; and the patrician garden-violet had capitulated to his plebeian brother--perhaps had merely reverted to his original type.

Can Such Things Be? by Bierce, Ambrose View in context

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