effeminate.
Of a boy or man, exhibiting behavior or mannerisms considered typical of a woman or unmasculine.
Meaning & usage
Of a boy or man, exhibiting behavior or mannerisms considered typical of a woman or unmasculine.
Womanly; tender, affectionate, caring.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English effeminat, effemynat, from Latin effēminātus, past participle of effēminō, from fēmina (“woman”).
To make womanly; to unman.
To become womanly.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English effeminat, effemynat, from Latin effēminātus, past participle of effēminō, from fēmina (“woman”).
An effeminate person.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English effeminat, effemynat, from Latin effēminātus, past participle of effēminō, from fēmina (“woman”).
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