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Definition of effeminate adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

effeminate

adjective
 
/ɪˈfemɪnət/
 
/ɪˈfemɪnət/
(disapproving, often offensive)
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  1. (of a man or boy) looking, behaving or sounding like a woman or girl
    Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin effeminatus, past participle of effeminare ‘make feminine’, from ex- (expressing a change of state) + femina ‘woman’.
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