effeminationn.

Brit.

/ᵻˌfɛmᵻˈneɪʃn/, U.S.

/əˌfɛməˈneɪʃən/,

/iˌfɛməˈneɪʃən/

Forms: 1500s– effemination, 1600s–1700s effoemination.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French effemination; Latin effēminātiōn-, effēminātiō.

Etymology: < (i) Middle French effemination (French effémination ) mollification, softening (late 14th cent. as effeminacion with reference to flesh), action or process of becoming like a woman (1503; 1556 in the passage translated in quot. ?1562), and its etymon (ii) classical Latin effēminātiōn-, effēminātiō softening, weakening, enervation (2nd cent. a.d.) < effēmināt- , past participial stem of effēmināre effeminate v. + -iō -ion suffix¹. Compare slightly earlier effeminating n.

Now somewhat rare.

The action of making something effeminate (in various senses); the process or result of becoming effeminate; an act or instance of this.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > sex and gender > female > effeminacy > [noun] > being or becoming effeminate

effeminating1555

effemination?1562

womanizing1775

womanization1906

devirilization1920

?1562 W. Ward tr. R. Roussat Most Excellent Bk. Doctour & Astrologien Arcandam sig. S.ii^v Aristotle saith more y^t the buttocks that be very dry signifie virility & manlines & they y^t be very fleshy & moist signifie effemination.

1650 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica (ed. 2) iii. xvii. 120 [The hare] figured..degenerous effemination.

1684 tr. T. Bonet Guide Pract. Physician i. 36 I know a place in the Belly..which, if burnt [with moxa], a certain Effemination follows, without hope of recovering a man's Virility.

1768 F. de Valangin Treat. Diet iii. v. 191 By drawing constantly the best Juices from all the other Parts, it [sc. Venery] robs them of their proper Nourishment, and impoverishes them. Hence a Lassitude, Weakness..; and an entire Effemination.

1802 T. Moore in tr. Anacreon Odes (ed. 2) 147 Those mignardises of expression which mark the effemination of the Latin language.

1895 C. G. Chaddock tr. A. P. F. von Schrenck-Notzing Therapeutic Suggestion vii. 129 The complete effemination of the eunuchs resulting from castration.

1943 Vancouver Daily Province 13 Nov. 16/1 Brahms possessed a manly nature in contrast to the degenerate effemination of present day art.

1998 M. Song in D. L. Eng & A. Y. Hom Q & A: Queer in Asian Amer. xx. 310 A whole constellation of sexual possibilities that depend upon the powerful connections between effemination, repulsion, desire, and a same-sex longing.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2022).

单词	effemination
释义	effeminationn. Brit. /ᵻˌfɛmᵻˈneɪʃn/, U.S. /əˌfɛməˈneɪʃən/, /iˌfɛməˈneɪʃən/ Forms: 1500s– effemination, 1600s–1700s effoemination. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French effemination; Latin effēminātiōn-, effēminātiō. Etymology: < (i) Middle French effemination (French effémination ) mollification, softening (late 14th cent. as effeminacion with reference to flesh), action or process of becoming like a woman (1503; 1556 in the passage translated in quot. ?1562), and its etymon (ii) classical Latin effēminātiōn-, effēminātiō softening, weakening, enervation (2nd cent. a.d.) < effēmināt- , past participial stem of effēmināre effeminate v. + -iō -ion suffix¹. Compare slightly earlier effeminating n. Now somewhat rare. The action of making something effeminate (in various senses); the process or result of becoming effeminate; an act or instance of this. ΘΚΠ the world > life > sex and gender > female > effeminacy > [noun] > being or becoming effeminate effeminating1555 effemination?1562 womanizing1775 womanization1906 devirilization1920 ?1562 W. Ward tr. R. Roussat Most Excellent Bk. Doctour & Astrologien Arcandam sig. S.ii^v Aristotle saith more y^t the buttocks that be very dry signifie virility & manlines & they y^t be very fleshy & moist signifie effemination. 1650 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica (ed. 2) iii. xvii. 120 [The hare] figured..degenerous effemination. 1684 tr. T. Bonet Guide Pract. Physician i. 36 I know a place in the Belly..which, if burnt [with moxa], a certain Effemination follows, without hope of recovering a man's Virility. 1768 F. de Valangin Treat. Diet iii. v. 191 By drawing constantly the best Juices from all the other Parts, it [sc. Venery] robs them of their proper Nourishment, and impoverishes them. Hence a Lassitude, Weakness..; and an entire Effemination. 1802 T. Moore in tr. Anacreon Odes (ed. 2) 147 Those mignardises of expression which mark the effemination of the Latin language. 1895 C. G. Chaddock tr. A. P. F. von Schrenck-Notzing Therapeutic Suggestion vii. 129 The complete effemination of the eunuchs resulting from castration. 1943 Vancouver Daily Province 13 Nov. 16/1 Brahms possessed a manly nature in contrast to the degenerate effemination of present day art. 1998 M. Song in D. L. Eng & A. Y. Hom Q & A: Queer in Asian Amer. xx. 310 A whole constellation of sexual possibilities that depend upon the powerful connections between effemination, repulsion, desire, and a same-sex longing. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2022). < n.?1562
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