Hypertext Webster Gateway: "effeminacy"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Effeminacy \Ef*fem"i*na*cy\, n.; pl. {Effeminacies}. [From
{Effeminate}.]
Characteristic quality of a woman, such as softness,
luxuriousness, delicacy, or weakness, which is unbecoming a
man; womanish delicacy or softness; -- used reproachfully of
men. --Milton.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
effeminacy
n : the trait of being effeminate (derogatory of a man) [syn: {effeminateness},
{sissiness}, {womanishness}, {unmanliness}]
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