effeminacy
effeminacy noun: the quality of being effeminate.
Noun
effeminacy (countable and uncountable, plural effeminacies)
- 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...
- Certainly, though I dare not antedate the ſorrowes of our Syon, or raiſe a feare or iealouſie without a ground; yet when I doe but ſeriouſly and cordially ſuruay, that intollerable pride; that aboundance of idleneſſe; that fulneſſe of bread; that luſting after ſtrange fleſh (the ſinnes that drew...1628, William Prynne, Healthes: Sicknesse. Or A Compendious and Briefe discourse; Prouing, the Drinking and Pledging of Healthes, to Be Sinfull, and Vtterly Vnlawfull vnto Christians by Arguments...
- Synonyms:
- effeminateness, effemination, invirility, morbidezza, niceness, unmasculinity
effeminacy meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Kannada
effeminacy in Hindi
- the quality of being effeminate
- स्त्रैणता straiṇtā
effeminacy in Tamil
- பெண் தன்மை, மெல்லியலாரியல்பு
effeminacy in Urdu
- effeminacy
- زنخا پن zanxā-pan, نسائیت nisāiyat
effeminacy in Kannada
- ಹೆಣ್ಣಿಗತನ, ನವುರುತನ
More languagesFewer languages
- effeminacy in Arabic
- تخنُّث، تأنث
Examples of effeminacy in a sentence
- I yielded, and unlock'd her all my heart, / Who with a grain of manhood well reſolv'd / Might eaſily have ſhook off all her ſnares: / But foul effeminacy held me yok't / Her Bond-ſlave; […]1671, John Milton, “Samson Agonistes, […].”, in Paradise Regain’d. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is Added, Samson Agonistes, London: […]...
- Salmacis: A fountain in ancient Greece whose waters were reputed to produce effeminacy.1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 214:
Synonyms of effeminacy
Forms of effeminacy
| plural | effeminacies |
|---|---|
| alternative form (obsolete) | effæminacy |
| alternative form (obsolete) | effeminacie |
| alternative form (obsolete) | effœminacy |
| alternative form (obsolete) | effœminacie |
Origin of effeminacy
From effeminate + -cy.
Questions about effeminacy
- What does effeminacy mean?
- Effeminacy means the quality of being effeminate.
- What is effeminacy in Hindi?
- Effeminacy in Hindi is स्त्रैणता (straiṇtā). See Effeminacy meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use effeminacy in a sentence?
- I yielded, and unlock'd her all my heart, / Who with a grain of manhood well reſolv'd / Might eaſily have ſhook off all her ſnares: / But foul effeminacy held me yok't / Her Bond-ſlave; […]
- What part of speech is effeminacy?
- Effeminacy is a noun.
- What is the plural of effeminacy?
- The plural of effeminacy is effeminacies.
Words near effeminacy in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: effeminacy (page history and authors); effeminacy (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); زنخا پن (Urdu) (page history and authors); effeminacy (Kannada Wiktionary) (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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