effeminate

effeminate is an   Adverb

Definition:

[1] Having some characteristic of a woman, as delicacy, luxuriousness, etc.; soft or delicate to an unmanly degree; womanish; weak. The king, by his voluptuous life and mean marriage, became effeminate, and less sensible of honor. Bacon. An effeminate and unmanly foppery. Bp. Hurd.

[2] Womanlike; womanly; tender; -- in a good sense. Gentle, kind, effeminate remorse. Shak.

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