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