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EFFEMINATE
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Having unsuitable feminine qualities
Synonyms:
cissy; effeminate; emasculate; epicene; sissified; sissy; sissyish
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Similar:
unmanful; unmanlike; unmanly (not possessing qualities befitting a man)
Derivation:
effeminateness (the trait of being effeminate (derogatory of a man))