Thesaurus: effete

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1. a. No longer capable of producing young, as an animal, or fruit, as the earth; hence, worn out with age; exhausted of energy; incapable of efficient action; no longer productive; barren; sterile.
2. adj. affected, overrefined, and effeminate
3. adj. deprived of vigor and the ability to be effective
4. No longer capable of producing young, as an animal, or fruit, as the earth; hence, worn out with age; exhausted of energy; incapable of efficient action; no longer productive; barren; sterile. Effete results from virile efforts. Mrs. Browning If they find the old governments effete, worn out, . . . they may seek new ones. Burke.
5. No longer capable of producing young, as an animal, or fruit,as the earth; hence, worn out with age; exhausted of energy;incapable of efficient action; no longer productive; barren; sterile.Effete results from virile efforts. Mrs. BrowningIf they find the old governments effete, worn out, . . . they mayseek new ones. Burke.
6. j:100 s marked by excessive self-indulgence and moral decay