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effete
1: no longer fertile2 a: having lost character, vitality, or strength <the effete monarchies…of feudal Europe
— G. M. Trevelyan> b: marked by weakness or decadence <the effete East> c: soft or delicate from or as if from a pampered existence <peddled…trendy tweeds to effete Easterners
— William Helmer> <effete tenderfeet>
; also : characteristic of an effete person <a wool scarf…a bit effete on an outdoorsman
— Nelson Bryant>3: effeminate 1 <a good-humored, effete boy brought up by maiden aunts
— Herman Wouk>
— ef·fete·ly adverb
— ef·fete·ness noun
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