- adjectiveeffete (adjective)
- affected and overly refined:"effete trendies from art college" · "he chatted away, exercising his rather effete charm"
- (of a man) behaving in a way traditionally associated with women and regarded as inappropriate for a man.
- no longer capable of effective action:"the authority of an effete aristocracy began to dwindle"
Originearly 17th century (in the sense ‘no longer fertile’): from Latin effetus ‘worn out by bearing young’, from ex- ‘out’ + fetus ‘breeding’; related to fetus.Similar and Opposite Wordsadjective- affected and overly refined:
- (of a man) behaving in a way traditionally associated with women and regarded as inappropriate for a man.
- no longer capable of effective action:
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