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nounthe state or quality of being effeminate. Origin of effeminacyFirst recorded in 1595–1605; effemin(ate) + -acy Words nearby effeminacyeffector, effects, effectual, effectually, effectuate, effeminacy, effeminate, effemination, effeminize, effendi, efferent Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for effeminacyHe is a thorough Englishman, self-relying and self-contained; a well-bred gentleman without a jot of effeminacy. Successful Exploration Through the Interior of Australia|William John Wills The accomplishments of life are in nowise productive of effeminacy or enervation. The Abominations of Modern Society|Rev. T. De Witt Talmage His seeming effeminacy of attire had been long proved to mark no effeminacy of nature, no lack of strength. Between Whiles|Helen Hunt Jackson Arthur, on the contrary, was delicate in feature almost to effeminacy. Fort Lafayette or, Love and Secession|Benjamin Wood
Indolence, luxury, and effeminacy, are vices that are but seldom to be met with in the American planter. The Americans as They Are|Charles Sealsfield
Words related to effeminacyunmanliness, femininity, femaleness, sissiness, feminineness, womanishness |