Definition of Effeminate

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Effeminate

Having some characteristic of a woman, as delicacy, luxuriousness, etc.; soft or delicate to an unmanly degree; womanish; weak.

Womanlike; womanly; tender; -- in a good sense.

To make womanish; to make soft and delicate; to weaken.

To grow womanish or weak.

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Effeminate Quotations

I don't think that you have to be effeminate to be sensitive.
Little Richard

People don't know where to place me. Terry Gilliam used me as a quirky cop in 'Twelve Monkeys', and then he hired me again to be an effeminate hotel clerk in 'Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas'. Another time, I was shooting this indie film 'The Souler Opposite' and six days a week, I'm playing this big puppy dog, then I come to the 'NYPD Blue' set and become this scumbag.
Christopher Meloni

I'm all for guys being butch and guys being men. I identify with that and appreciate that. But if I'm going to stab my gay brother in the back who isn't butch and who maybe acts a little bit more effeminate, what good is that?
Kyan Douglas

At the time I perceived most religious men, particularly the pastors with all their talk about love, faith and relationship, as effeminate.
Luke Ford

It is a common observation, that the more solicitous any people are about dress, the more effeminate they are.
Karl Philipp Moritz

Then I wanted the character to be feminine as opposed to effeminate. Because it's easy to be camp or queen. Anyone can do that. What's difficult is to play feminine.
Cillian Murphy

Those who are born of parents broken with old age, or of such as are not yet ripe or are too young, or of drunkards, soft or effeminate men, want a great and liberal ingenuity or wit.
Thomas Willis

An effeminate education weakens both the mind and the body.
Edgar Quinet

Effeminate Translations

effeminate in German is verweichlicht
effeminate in Norwegian is feminin

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