Manifestation of traits in a boy or man that are more often associated with femininity.
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Examples for "effeminacy"
Examples for "effeminacy"
1A language of exhaustless variety; strong without ruggedness, and flexible without effeminacy.
2Yet, in spite of all this effeminacy, the appearance of Edward IV.
3These two Italian abbes were ne plus ultras in luxury and effeminacy.
4Grecian refinement was no longer despised; Grecian effeminacy had not yet prevailed.
5The ex-commercial traveller was astonished at the effeminacy engendered by provincial life.
Translations for male femininity