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effeminate
UK
/ɪˈfɛmɪnət/
US
/ɪˈfɛmɪnɪt/
Traductions
more effeminate
Comp.
most effeminate
Super.
UK
/ɪˈfɛmɪnət/
US
/ɪˈfɛmɪnɪt/
He was criticized for his effeminate behavior.
Его критиковали за его женоподобное поведение.
effeminates
pl
Archaic and often derogatory usage referring to an effeminate person.
Synonymes
effeminated
Past Simple
effeminated
Past Participle
effeminating
Gerund
UK
/ɪˈfɛmɪnət/
US
/ɪˈfɛmənət/
Archaic, transitive; still encountered in historical or rhetorical contexts.
Définitions
Critics mocked his supposedly effeminate voice, though he paid them no mind.
In Victorian literature, the dandy was sometimes portrayed as an effeminate, a figure of both fascination and scorn.
Some feared that excessive luxury would effeminate the nation.