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effeminate

noun

  1. An effeminate person.

verb

  1. To make womanly; to unman.

  2. To become womanly.

adjective

  1. (of a man or boy) Exhibiting behaviour or mannerisms considered typical of a female; unmasculine.

  2. Womanly; tender, affectionate, caring.

Synonymscamp, effete, epicene, swish, unmanly
Antonymsnon-effeminate, noneffeminate, uneffeminate

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