Synonyms for effeminacy


Grammar : Noun
Spell : ih-fem-uh-nuh-see
Phonetic Transcription : ɪˈfɛm ə nə si


Définition of effeminacy

Origin :
  • c.1600; see effeminate + -acy.
  • noun effeminateness
Example sentences :
  • Yet there was a set of the mouth and a prominence of the chin which relieved him of any trace of effeminacy.
  • Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle
  • The one producing a temper of hardness and ferocity, the other of softness and effeminacy, I replied.
  • Extract from : « The Republic » by Plato
  • Man, in the midst of all his effeminacy, is still male and nothing but male.
  • Extract from : « Fantasia of the Unconscious » by D. H. Lawrence
  • He would have liked to throw bombs into the nest of effeminacy.
  • Extract from : « The Rough Road » by William John Locke
  • His features were well formed and refined, without any approach to effeminacy.
  • Extract from : « Won from the Waves » by W.H.G. Kingston
  • Yet, in spite of all this effeminacy, the appearance of Edward IV.
  • Extract from : « The Last Of The Barons, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
  • Have I shown no proof of that weakness or effeminacy which is so contemptible in a man?
  • Extract from : « Louis Philippe » by John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot) Abbott
  • To the age of conquest succeeded one of effeminacy and corruption.
  • Extract from : « The Conquest of Canada (Vol. 1 of 2) » by George Warburton
  • In ancient times the effeminacy and luxury of the Cypriotes had passed into a proverb.
  • Extract from : « Cyprus » by Franz von Lher
  • The sense here intended is 'effeminacy,' or 'unmanly weakness.'
  • Extract from : « Chaucer's Works, Volume 2 (of 7) » by Geoffrey Chaucer

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