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    Effeminate

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    • Sarahundefined
      Sarah
      last edited by

      To make womanish; to make soft and delicate; to weaken.It will not corrupt or effeminate children's minds. Locke.

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        Effeminate meaning & definition 1 of Effeminate.

      • Sarahundefined
        Sarah
        last edited by admin

        Having characteristics never associated with manliness or men. Not necessarily feminine or womanly. (How many women do you know who lisp, flutter their wrists, make prissy lips, and prance?

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          Effeminate meaning & definition 2 of Effeminate.

        • Sarahundefined
          Sarah
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          Acting unmanly. Used of a man who does not act manly. It does not at all mean that he is acting womanly. This word unfairly characterizes women as people who act like poofters.

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            Effeminate meaning & definition 3 of Effeminate.

          • Sarahundefined
            Sarah
            last edited by admin

            1.) The kind of behavior that, when exhibited by straight males of the homosapien species, will cause other males to take pause.
            2.) Typical action of any male performer on the [Bravo] network

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              Effeminate meaning & definition 4 of Effeminate.

            • Sarahundefined
              Sarah
              last edited by admin

              An adjective that can use used alongside any Final Fantasy protagonist.

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                Effeminate meaning & definition 5 of Effeminate.

              • Sarahundefined
                Sarah
                last edited by

                males having characteristics generally attributed to females. i.e, gestures, body language, speech, etc.; eg.: flamboyantly gay male or male cross dresser. you add the prefix eff only when males are referred to.

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                  Effeminate meaning & definition 6 of Effeminate.

                • Sarahundefined
                  Sarah
                  last edited by admin

                  Akin to when a woman emasculates her boyfriend/partner/husband and sends his penis into hiding.

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                    Effeminate meaning & definition 7 of Effeminate.

                  • Sarahundefined
                    Sarah
                    last edited by

                    A male individual who choose to take more of the feminine genders trait than the masculine neutral sides
                    Instead of being a Man, they're Effeminate

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                      Effeminate meaning & definition 8 of Effeminate.

                    • Dave Paprockiundefined
                      Dave Paprocki
                      last edited by

                      [generally] a person who [looks like] a [woman].

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                        Effeminate meaning & definition 9 of Effeminate.

                      • Britneyundefined
                        Britney
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                        (with reference to a man) having characteristics and ways of behaving traditionally associated with women and regarded as inappropriate for a man.

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                          Effeminate meaning & definition 10 of Effeminate.

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