Nor was it only the confirmed anti-democrats who thought democracy effete and worn out.
-- Mark Mazower, Dark Continent
"Editors", he snorts. "I think most of the editors I knew back East were effete snobs who showed an acute disdain for the sales and marketing side. It made me sick."
-- "Earning It", New York Times, July 9, 1995
In a democracy decadence does not arrive when the aristocracy becomes effete -- it shows up in the life of the average man.
-- Andrew Holleran, In September, the Light Changes
He wasn't refined or effete, but a horse trader, smart, clever, always with his ear to the ground.
-- Bob Ortega, In Sam We Trust
