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effete e-FEET adjective infertile; not virile; weak; decadent; effeminate 1914At the Earth's CoreUncouth, perhaps, and brutal, too, if judged too harshly by the standards of effete twentieth-century civilization, but withal noble, dignified, chivalrous, and loveable.1969The Andromeda StrainManchek disliked Jaggers, who was effete and precious.1992Fire In the MistThe smoke cleared to reveal an old, battered, downtrodden saje; a portly, effete scholar; and a muscular young redhead who had Medwind licking her lips.Labels: Edgar Rice Burroughs, Holly Lisle, Michael Crichton
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