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Effeminate

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(1):

(a.) Womanlike; womanly; tender; - in a good sense.

(2):

(a.) Having some characteristic of a woman, as delicacy, luxuriousness, etc.; soft or delicate to an unmanly degree; womanish; weak.

(3):

(v. t.) To make womanish; to make soft and delicate; to weaken.

(4):

(v. i.) To grow womanish or weak.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Effeminate'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​e/effeminate.html. 1828.
 
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