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Definition of effeminate in English: effeminateadjective ɪˈfɛmɪnətəˈfɛmənət derogatory (of a man) having characteristics regarded as typical of a woman; unmanly. 〈贬〉（男人）女人气的，无男子汉气概的 he lisps and his handshake is effeminate Example sentencesExamples - That's the thing with a lot of straight guys, they think that because we're gay we're submissive and all effeminate and we're going to back down.
- One of them was a skinny, young black fellow who wore spectacles and spoke with an effeminate voice.
- I've been told it's one of Derek's more effeminate moments.
- And certainly once a man begins to neglect his domestic duties he becomes painfully effeminate, does he not?
- Smith spends the remainder of the film chomping on cigars with an effeminate scientist.
- It's the tale of a delicate, sheltered little prince who leaves his castle and ventures into a world with no patience for effeminate and ineffectual aristocrats.
- A furtive homosexual, he pocked his fiction with scathing descriptions of effeminate men.
- Then two old ladies started kicking up a fuss telling the boys off, making the bigger one get protective of the more effeminate one.
- There were effeminate guys who were looking for more macho guys.
- Nearly every Englishman of working-class origin considers it effeminate to pronounce a foreign word correctly.
- I don't think cooking is effeminate - I'd question the sexual orientation of anyone who said that!
- He is artsy, creative, colourful and ultimately effeminate.
- What Westerners construed as effeminate is in fact virile, an assertion of perfected control and independence.
- While I was at High School, there was a guy in the year above me who was picked on and teased mercilessly because he was effeminate.
- He noted a soft, effeminate soldier across the way.
- They adopt feminine dress, footwear donned not for wear but for show, and an affected effeminate gait.
- Thus they make a great point of being hostile to gay men, especially to effeminate gay men.
- The effeminate males in view were youths, not children.
- By making ‘gay’ equate with effeminate, society has done a good job of creating a minority closed category which forces people to take sides.
- He had extremely effeminate hands and gestures.
Synonyms womanish, unmanly, effete, foppish, affected, niminy-piminy, mincing, posturing informal campy, queeny informal, derogatory poncey, limp-wristed, pansyish, faggy
Derivativesnoun ɪˈfɛmɪnəsiəˈfɛmənəsi derogatory On the other hand, the ancient revulsion against emasculation, effeminacy, and males assuming, or forced into, the passive role of females is far less pervasive today. Example sentencesExamples - While the charge of effeminacy had been leveled at adult men for centuries, by the twentieth century the label was applied to little children.
- On the other hand, this over-investment in his appearance marks the king's continuing effeminacy.
- It is interesting that one of the biggest selling books of the summer noted, and advocated, this shift towards effeminacy.
- The merest hint of effeminacy is treated as treachery to masculinity, and traitors are subjected to the kinds of violence suffered by women.
adverb ɪˈfɛmɪnətliəˈfɛmənətli derogatory I was to play the part of a rather effeminately dressed masseur who gets pretty sadistic in his massage techniques. Example sentencesExamples - A character came on screen who was male but was dressed rather effeminately.
OriginLate Middle English: from Latin effeminatus, past participle of effeminare 'make feminine', from ex- (expressing a change of state) + femina 'woman'. Definition of effeminate in US English: effeminateadjectiveəˈfɛmənətəˈfemənət derogatory (of a man) having or showing characteristics regarded as typical of a woman; unmanly. 〈贬〉（男人）女人气的，无男子汉气概的 he lisps and his handshake is effeminate Example sentencesExamples - I've been told it's one of Derek's more effeminate moments.
- The effeminate males in view were youths, not children.
- I don't think cooking is effeminate - I'd question the sexual orientation of anyone who said that!
- Nearly every Englishman of working-class origin considers it effeminate to pronounce a foreign word correctly.
- While I was at High School, there was a guy in the year above me who was picked on and teased mercilessly because he was effeminate.
- Then two old ladies started kicking up a fuss telling the boys off, making the bigger one get protective of the more effeminate one.
- And certainly once a man begins to neglect his domestic duties he becomes painfully effeminate, does he not?
- Thus they make a great point of being hostile to gay men, especially to effeminate gay men.
- That's the thing with a lot of straight guys, they think that because we're gay we're submissive and all effeminate and we're going to back down.
- There were effeminate guys who were looking for more macho guys.
- It's the tale of a delicate, sheltered little prince who leaves his castle and ventures into a world with no patience for effeminate and ineffectual aristocrats.
- He is artsy, creative, colourful and ultimately effeminate.
- Smith spends the remainder of the film chomping on cigars with an effeminate scientist.
- They adopt feminine dress, footwear donned not for wear but for show, and an affected effeminate gait.
- He noted a soft, effeminate soldier across the way.
- What Westerners construed as effeminate is in fact virile, an assertion of perfected control and independence.
- He had extremely effeminate hands and gestures.
- A furtive homosexual, he pocked his fiction with scathing descriptions of effeminate men.
- One of them was a skinny, young black fellow who wore spectacles and spoke with an effeminate voice.
- By making ‘gay’ equate with effeminate, society has done a good job of creating a minority closed category which forces people to take sides.
Synonyms womanish, unmanly, effete, foppish, affected, niminy-piminy, mincing, posturing
OriginLate Middle English: from Latin effeminatus, past participle of effeminare ‘make feminine’, from ex- (expressing a change of state) + femina ‘woman’. |