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单词 effete
释义 ef·fete
\ə̇ˈfēt, eˈ-\ adjective
Etymology: Latin effetus, from ex- + fetus pregnant, breeding, fruitful — more at feminine
1. : exhausted of fertility : no longer able to produce young or fruit : unfruitful
 < eroded effete earth >
2. : marked by lack or deprivation of some inherent characteristic : enervated:
 a. of a substance : having lost its unique quality (as flavor)
 b. : exhausted of physical energy : worn out : spent
  < effete, weary, burned-out revolutionists — H.F.Mooney >
 c. : having lost character, courage, strength, stamina, or vitality
  < effete literary critics and dogmatic professors — J.T.Farrell >
  : degenerate
  < a soft, effete, and decadent race — R.P.Parsons >
 d. : totally devoid of an original positive drive or purposiveness
  < vaguely educated for minor diplomatic or other governmental posts in an effete struggle to maintain position — Janet Flanner >
 e. : soft or decadent as a result of overrefinement of living conditions or laxity of mental or moral discipline
  < the effete householder who wants things done for him — New Yorker >
  < the effete gentility that lay like a blight on the critical writing of the nineties — C.I.Glicksberg >
 f. : out-of-date, outmoded
  < an old but by no means effete statute — Edward Jenks >
effetely adjective
effeteness noun -es
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