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Meanings of effete in inglês

Marked by excessive self-indulgence and moral decay.

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        Usage of effete in inglês
        1
        She scorned the suggestion that a bath-room be added; an effete idea.
        The Heart of Arethusa
        2
        In the effete societies it's love, in our new one it's business.
        The Custom of the Country
        3
        An effete snot from one of the Core planets, do you think?
        Cauldron of Ghosts
        4
        The effete morality of a printed book was no tie upon him.
        Bog-Myrtle and Peat / Tales Chiefly of Galloway Gathered from th...
        5
        Nothing human is wholly sad, until it is effete and dying out.
        Oldport Days
        6
        Skeptics of France consider that type effete, and unworthy of their support.
        History of Rationalism Embracing a Survey of the Present State o...
        7
        You've been listening to too much of this woman's effete, antihuman intellectualism.
        Broken angels
        8
        Russia has no use for an effete ally such as England is.
        The Czar's Spy: The Mystery of a Silent Love
        9
        They considered his campaign annoying and perhaps his Carnegie Hall manner too effete.
        The new yorker
        10
        Nothing stirred me; the machinery which had agitated and controlled me was effete.
        The Morgesons: A Novel
        11
        The reinforcements arrived thinking of themselves as saviors of an effete, decadent north.
        The Postman
        12
        The effete Egyptian Empire was hovering upon the verge of collapse.
        Eminent Victorians
        13
        He was a tall, studiedly effete fellow in starkly coloured New Romantic silks.
        Paths not taken
        14
        If he represented the type of his race, it had certainly grown effete.
        The Reflections of Ambrosine: A Novel
        15
        Since the war they have been effete as regards serious crime.
        Mademoiselle of Monte Carlo
        16
        This is regarded by many as an old-fashioned and effete theory.
        Men of the Bible; Some Lesser-Known Characters
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