effete /i- or e-fētˈ/

1. Exhausted
2. Degenerate, decadent
3. No longer capable of effective action
4. No longer able to reproduce

effeteˈly adverb

• chief-baron
• chief-barons
• Chief Constable
• chiefdom
• chiefdoms
• chiefer
• chieferies
• chiefery
• chiefess
• chiefesses
• chiefest
• chief executive
• chief executives
• chief justice
• chiefless
• chiefling
• chieflings
• chiefly
• chief of staff
• chief petty officer
• chief petty officers
• chiefries
• chiefry
• chiefs
• chiefship