Thesaurus: effeminate

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1. a. Having some characteristic of a woman, as delicacy, luxuriousness, etc.; soft or delicate to an unmanly degree; womanish; weak.
2. a. Womanlike; womanly; tender; -- in a good sense.
3. v. t. To make womanish; to make soft and delicate; to weaken.
4. v. i. To grow womanish or weak.
5. adj. having unsuitable feminine qualities
6. 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. To make womanish; to make soft and delicate; to weaken. It will not corrupt or effeminate children's minds. Locke. To grow womanish or weak. In a slothful peace both courage will effeminate and manners corrupt. Pope.
7. To make womanish; to make soft and delicate; to weaken.It will not corrupt or effeminate children's minds. Locke.
8. j:100 s. having unsuitable feminine qualities