OXFORD 9000
📚 adj • entry_id 11184

effeminate

/ɪˈfɛmɪnət/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
adamado • afeminado • ahembrado • amanerado • amariconado • amujerado • mujeril
Of a boy or man, exhibiting behavior or mannerisms considered typical of a woman or unmasculine.
An effeminate and unmanly foppery.
The Comte d'Artois had neither the dignified nor the manly air of his brother—he rather appeared like a pretty-looking girl, so effeminate was he and fair.