[1595–1605; effemin(ate) + -acy]This word is first recorded in the period 1595–1605. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: density, exposure, option, toss, vernacular
Synonyms of 'effeminacy'
womanliness, weakness, delicacy, tenderness
More Synonyms of effeminacy
(noun)
the tendency to interpret sensitivity as effeminacy
Synonyms
womanliness
delicacy
tenderness
the vulnerability and tenderness he brings to the role
femininity
I wore clothes which expressed my femininity.
softness
unmanliness
womanishness
Additional synonyms
in the sense of femininity
I wore clothes which expressed my femininity.
Synonyms
femaleness,
womanhood,
feminineness,
womanliness,
girlishness,
muliebrity
in the sense of tenderness
the vulnerability and tenderness he brings to the role