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effeminacy
(encz) | effeminacy,zženštilost n: Zdeněk Brož |
Effeminacy
(gcide) | Effeminacy \Ef*fem"i*na*cy\, n.; pl. Effeminacies. [From
Effeminate.]
Characteristic quality of a woman, such as softness,
luxuriousness, delicacy, or weakness, which is unbecoming a
man; womanish delicacy or softness; -- used reproachfully of
men. --Milton.
[1913 Webster] |
effeminacy
(wn) | effeminacy
n 1: the trait of being effeminate (derogatory of a man); "the
students associated science with masculinity and arts with
effeminacy"; "Spartans accused Athenians of
effeminateness"; "he was shocked by the softness of the
atmosphere surrounding the young prince, arising from the
superfluity of the femininity that guided him" [syn:
effeminacy, effeminateness, sissiness, softness,
womanishness, unmanliness] |
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effeminacy
(encz) | effeminacy,zženštilost n: Zdeněk Brož |
effeminacy
(wn) | effeminacy
n 1: the trait of being effeminate (derogatory of a man); "the
students associated science with masculinity and arts with
effeminacy"; "Spartans accused Athenians of
effeminateness"; "he was shocked by the softness of the
atmosphere surrounding the young prince, arising from the
superfluity of the femininity that guided him" [syn:
effeminacy, effeminateness, sissiness, softness,
womanishness, unmanliness] |
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