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Webster 1913 Edition


Effemination

Ef-femˊi-na′tion

,
Noun.
[L.
effeminatio
.]
Effeminacy; womanishness.
[Obs.]
Bacon.

Webster 1828 Edition


Effemination

EFFEMINA'TION

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Noun.
The state of one grown womanish; the state of being weak or unmanly. [Little used.]

Definition 2024


effemination

effemination

English

Noun

effemination (countable and uncountable, plural effeminations)

  1. (obsolete) effeminacy; womanishness
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