Definitions
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- n. effeminacy; womanishness
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
- n. Effeminacy; womanishness.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. The state of being or the act of making effeminate.
Etymologies
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Examples
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LAUREN HOWARD, PSYCHOTHERAPIST: Well, it ` s, you know, there ` s a slightly effemination to that, I mean, it ` s a slightly effeminate gesture.
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An adult homosexual who as a child once did some needlework for a joke, sees in this later a characteristic of effemination.
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Von Krafft-Ebing and many other writers have assumed that the characteristics of effemination and of viraginity are displayed in early childhood.
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If I thought the masculine tendency of our present-day girls was likely to go much further, I might consent to the effemination of Jack simply to secure his comfort as a married man of the future; but
The Booming of Acre Hill And Other Reminiscences of Urban and Suburban Life
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The victim of effemination, however, is saved by no such accidental forethought.
Religion and Lust or, The Psychical Correlation of Religious Emotion and Sexual Desire
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Periods of moral decadence in the life of a nation are always coincident with periods of luxury and great wealth, with consequent enervation and effemination; examples of this may be found in the histories of Rome,
Religion and Lust or, The Psychical Correlation of Religious Emotion and Sexual Desire
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In this article I have described only mild types of viraginity and effemination.
Religion and Lust or, The Psychical Correlation of Religious Emotion and Sexual Desire
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The ignorant mother fosters feminine inclinations and desires in her effeminate son until his psychic being becomes entirely changed, and not even the establishment of _vita sexualis_ will save him from effemination.
Religion and Lust or, The Psychical Correlation of Religious Emotion and Sexual Desire
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A dandified man is always ridiculous, but when he adds to his foppery, effemination, he then becomes contemptible.
Religion and Lust or, The Psychical Correlation of Religious Emotion and Sexual Desire
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Almost every case of effemination or viraginity can be cured if recognized and treated in its incipiency.
Religion and Lust or, The Psychical Correlation of Religious Emotion and Sexual Desire
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