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effeminacy - 3 dictionary results

ef⋅fem⋅i⋅na⋅cy

[i-fem-uh-nuh-see]
–noun
the state or quality of being effeminate.

Origin:
1595–1605; effemin(ate) + -acy
ef·fem·i·na·cy   (ĭ-fěm'ə-nə-sē)   
n.  The quality or condition of being effeminate.

Effeminacy

Ef*fem"i*na*cy\, n.; pl. Effeminacies. [From Effeminate.] Characteristic quality of a woman, such as softness, luxuriousness, delicacy, or weakness, which is unbecoming a man; womanish delicacy or softness; -- used reproachfully of men. --Milton.
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