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effeminacies

effeminacies is the plural 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...

Questions about effeminacies

What is effeminacies the plural of?
Effeminacies is the plural of effeminacy.

Words near effeminacies in the dictionary

  1. effed and jeffed
  2. effed off
  3. effed up
  4. effell
  5. effells
  6. effeminacies
  7. effeminacy
  8. effeminat
  9. effeminate
  10. effeminated
  11. effeminately

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