Anointed and fragrant as an Asiatic despot, the strong Ulysses would sometimes revolt against this effeminateness.

To all appearances equally removed from effeminateness and brutality, he was subject, nevertheless, to accesses of both.

Bennington was handsome, and, but for his father's blood, the idleness of his forebears would have marked him with effeminateness.

"Also, there is a certain effeminateness in the way in which you speak," said Pembroke.