effeminate

1. a. Having some characteristic of a woman, as delicacy, luxuriousness, etc.; soft or delicate to an unmanly degree; womanish; weak. Source: opted

2. a. Womanlike; womanly; tender; -- in a good sense. Source: opted

3. v. t. To make womanish; to make soft and delicate; to weaken. Source: opted

4. v. i. To grow womanish or weak. Source: opted

5. adj. having unsuitable feminine qualities Source: wordnet

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. Source: webster

7. To make womanish; to make soft and delicate; to weaken.It will not corrupt or effeminate children's minds. Locke. Source: adambom

8. j:100 s. having unsuitable feminine qualities Source: ecdict

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