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  Effeminate \Ef*fem"i*nate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Effeminated;
     p. pr. & vb. n. Effeminating.]
     To make womanish; to make soft and delicate; to weaken.
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           It will not corrupt or effeminate children's minds.
                                                    --Locke.
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  Effeminate \Ef*fem"i*nate\, a. [L. effeminatus, p. p. of
     effeminare to make a woman of; ex out + femina a woman. See
     Feminine, a.]
     1. Having some characteristic of a woman, as delicacy,
        luxuriousness, etc.; soft or delicate to an unmanly
        degree; womanish; weak.
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              The king, by his voluptuous life and mean marriage,
              became effeminate, and less sensible of honor.
                                                    --Bacon.
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              An effeminate and unmanly foppery.    --Bp. Hurd.
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     2. Womanlike; womanly; tender; -- in a good sense.
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              Gentle, kind, effeminate remorse.     --Shak.
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     Note: Effeminate and womanish are generally used in a
           reproachful sense; feminine and womanly, applied to
           women, are epithets of propriety or commendation.
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  Effeminate \Ef*fem"i*nate\, v. i.
     To grow womanish or weak.
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           In a slothful peace both courage will effeminate and
           manners corrupt.                         --Pope.
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  Effeminate \Ef*fem"i*nate\, v. i.
     To grow womanish or weak.
  
           In a slothful peace both courage will effeminate and
           manners corrupt.                         --Pope.

  Effeminate \Ef*fem"i*nate\, a. [L. effeminatus, p. p. of
     effeminare to make a woman of; ex out + femina a woman. See
     Feminine, a.]
     1. Having some characteristic of a woman, as delicacy,
        luxuriousness, etc.; soft or delicate to an unmanly
        degree; womanish; weak.
  
              The king, by his voluptuous life and mean marriage,
              became effeminate, and less sensible of honor.
                                                    --Bacon.
  
              An effeminate and unmanly foppery.    --Bp. Hurd.
  
     2. Womanlike; womanly; tender; -- in a good sense.
  
              Gentle, kind, effeminate remorse.     --Shak.
  
     Note: Effeminate and womanish are generally used in a
           reproachful sense; feminine and womanly, applied to
           women, are epithets of propriety or commendation.

  Effeminate \Ef*fem"i*nate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Effeminated;
     p. pr. & vb. n. Effeminating.]
     To make womanish; to make soft and delicate; to weaken.
  
           It will not corrupt or effeminate children's minds.
                                                    --Locke.

  effeminate
       adj 1: having unsuitable feminine qualities [syn: emasculate, epicene,
               cissy, sissified, sissyish, sissy]
       2: characterized by excessive softness or self-indulgence; "an
          effeminate civilization" [syn: weak]

  effeminate
     Italian a.
     (feminine plural of it effeminato)
     Latin vb.
     (inflection of la effēminō  2 p pres actv impr)

  effeminate
     a.
     (lb en often derogatory of a man or boy) Exhibiting behaviour or
  mannerisms considered typical of a female; unmasculine.
     n.
     An effeminate person.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive archaic or nonstandard) To make womanly; to
  unman.
     2 (lb en intransitive) To become womanly.

  effeminate
     Italian a.
     (feminine plural of it effeminato)
     Latin vb.
     (inflection of la effēminō  2 p pres actv impr)

  effeminate
     Italian a.
     (feminine plural of it effeminato)
     Latin vb.
     (inflection of la effēminō  2 p pres actv impr)

  effeminate
     Englanti a.
     naismainen, epämiehekäs

  effeminate
     Engelska a.
     effeminerad, förkvinnligad
     Engelska vb.
     effeminera, förkvinnliga

  Effeminate /ɛfˈɛmɪnˌeɪt/
  متخنث

  effeminate //ɪˈfɛmɪneɪt// //ɪˈfɛmɪnət// 
  женствен
  of a man, behaving like a woman

  effeminate /ɛfˈɛmɪnˌeɪt/ 
  zženštilý

  effeminate /ɛfˈɛmɪnˌeɪt/ 
  přecitlivělý

  effeminate /ɛfˈɛmɪnˌeɪt/
  unmännlich, effeminiert, weibisch 

  effeminate /ɛfˈɛmɪnˌeɪt/
  verweichlicht 
           Note: Mann
        "an effeminate man"  - ein verweichlichter Mann
     Synonym: effete
  

  effeminate /ɛfˈɛmɪnˌeɪt/
  
  θυληπρεπής, μαλθακός, μαλθακός

  effeminate //ɪˈfɛmɪneɪt// //ɪˈfɛmɪnət// 
  epämiehekäs, feminiininen, naismainen
  of a man, behaving like a woman

  effeminate /ɛfˈɛmɪnˌeɪt/ 
  1. नारी~जैसा
        "He talks in an effeminate manner."

  effeminate /ɛfˈɛmɪnˌeɪt/
  ženskast

  effeminate /ɛfˈɛmɪnˌeɪt/
  1. elpuhult
  2. nôies

  effeminate //ɪˈfɛmɪneɪt// //ɪˈfɛmɪnət// 
  banci, kemayu
  of a man, behaving like a woman

  effeminate //ɪˈfɛmɪneɪt// //ɪˈfɛmɪnət// 
  女々しい
  of a man, behaving like a woman

  effeminate //ɪˈfɛmɪneɪt// //ɪˈfɛmɪnət// 
  bløtaktig, femi, jenteaktig, jentete, kvinneaktig, kvinnelig
  of a man, behaving like a woman

  effeminate /ɪˈfemɪnət/ 
    zniewieściały

  effeminate //ɪˈfɛmɪneɪt// //ɪˈfɛmɪnət// 
  fjollig
  of a man, behaving like a woman

  effeminate /ɛfˈɛmɪnˌeɪt/
  1. kadınımsı, erkekçe davranışları olmayan. effeminscy  kadınca davranış, erkekçe olmayan tavır. effemi nately  kadın gibi, kadınca.

  
/iˈfɛmɪnət/

  60 Moby Thesaurus words for "effeminate":
     AC-DC, amphierotic, autoerotic, bent, bisexed, bisexual, breakable,
     brittle, butch, campy, cheap-jack, chicken, cobwebby, crumbly,
     dainty, delicate, delicately weak, deviant, flimsy, fragile, frail,
     frangible, gay, gimcrack, gimcracky, gossamery, homoerotic,
     homosexual, jerry, jerry-built, lesbian, light, lightweight,
     mannish, muliebrous, namby-pamby, old-womanish, papery,
     pasteboardy, perverted, prissy, puny, queer, sapphic, shattery,
     sissified, sissy, sissyish, sleazy, slight, soft, tacky,
     transvestite, tribadistic, unmanly, unsubstantial, weak, wispy,
     womanish, womanly
  
  

  a. 柔弱的,女人气的;
  v. 使柔弱,使女人气;

     a. 柔弱的,女人气的