单词 | sissiness |
释义 | sissiness (once / 3939771 pages) n WORD FAMILY sissy: sissies, sissiness, sissyish USAGE EXAMPLESIt was not only the wretched politics but the flamboyantly precious, out-of-no-closet sissiness, the wide-eyed wonder coming from the you-wouldn’t-hit-a-guy-with-glasses voice. The New Yorker(May 30, 2016) Men no longer regard creased trousers, nicely tied cravats, well-chosen collars, and harmonious color combinations as signs of sissiness, snobbishness, or weak-mindedness. Henney, Nella, The Book of Business Etiquette(2010) It was fun for them, besides they felt it would be a service to knock out some of the Boston "sissiness." Murdock, Charles A. (Charles Albert), A Backward Glance at Eighty—Recoll...(2010) n the trait of being effeminate (derogatory of a man) Syn|Hypo|Hyper effeminacy, effeminateness, softness, unmanliness, womanishness emasculation loss of power and masculinity femininity, muliebrity the trait of behaving in ways considered typical for women |
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