Effeminate
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To make womanish; to make soft and delicate; to weaken.It will not corrupt or effeminate children's minds. Locke.
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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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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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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 -
An adjective that can use used alongside any Final Fantasy protagonist.
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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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Akin to when a woman emasculates her boyfriend/partner/husband and sends his penis into hiding.
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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 -
[generally] a person who [looks like] a [woman].
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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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