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   effeminate

   /ɪˈfɛmɪnət/

   adjective

   • 1. (with reference to a man) having characteristics and ways of behaving traditionally associated with women and regarded as inappropriate for a man: derogatory "John is depicted as an effeminate young man with flowing hair and delicate hands"

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Latin effeminatus, past participle of effeminare ‘make feminine’, from ex- (expressing a change of state) + femina ‘woman’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. effeminately adverb

   Scrabble Points: 18

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