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effæminacy

effæminacy is the obsolete spelling of effeminacy.

Meaning of effeminacy

Noun

effeminacy (countable and uncountable, plural effeminacies)

  1. The quality of being effeminate.
    • It is an argument that cannot proceed but from a low Iudgment, or a ſpirit ſoothed with its owne Effeminaty, to ſay, He is Noble, he is a Courtier, he is a man of State, His quality tyeth him not to perfection, His vertue must be meaſured by the ell of the world, If he were ouer vertuous, the...1626, Nicolas Caussin, translated by T[homas] H[awkins], The Holy Court. Or The Christian Institution of Men of Quality. With Examples of Those, Who in Court Haue Flourished in Sanctity., Paris, page...

Forms of effæminacy

pluraleffæminacies

Questions about effæminacy

What is effæminacy the obsolete spelling of?
Effæminacy is the obsolete spelling of effeminacy.

Words near effæminacy in the dictionary

  1. effusiveness
  2. effusivenesses
  3. effusivities
  4. effusivity
  5. effæminacies
  6. effæminacy
  7. effæminate
  8. effœminacie
  9. effœminacies
  10. effœminacy
  11. effœminat

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Adapted from Wiktionary: effæminacy (page history and authors); effeminacy (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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