effeminacy
[ ih-fem-uh-nuh-see ]
noun
the state or quality of being effeminate.
Origin of effeminacy
1First recorded in 1595–1605; effemin(ate) + -acy
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How to use effeminacy in a sentence
For in losing the masculinity of their race the Greeks devoted themselves more and more to refined effeminacies.
The Prince of India, Volume I | Lew. WallaceHe gazed doubtfully at the birds, as though they might possibly be deteriorating in the effeminacies of shore life.
The Skipper and the Skipped | Holman DayAmong the effeminacies of Italy, the classic arrangement of the hair and beard seem to have held a foremost place.
Being commanded to put on a purple garment by the king of Sicily, he refused, saying he was a man, and scorned such effeminacies.
No Cross, No Crown | William PennPrecisely similar effeminacies were recognised as pathological by Herodotus, to whom Greek paiderastia was familiar.
A Problem in Greek Ethics | John Addington Symonds
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