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infertile; not virile; weak; decadent; effeminate
1914Edgar Rice BurroughsAt 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.1969Michael CrichtonThe Andromeda StrainManchek disliked Jaggers, who was effete and precious.1992Holly LisleFire 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.

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