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| dragonfly Triglot Senior Member Russian Federation Joined 6479 days ago 204 posts - 233 votes  Speaks: Russian*, EnglishC2, Spanish Studies: German, Italian, Mandarin | Message 1 of 8 24 January 2009 at 5:14am | IP Logged | |||||
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What does this word mean? I came across it in a description of a face. Hope it's a decent word.
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| slucido Bilingual Diglot Senior Member Spain https://goo.gl/126Yv Joined 6675 days ago 1296 posts - 1781 votes 4 sounds Speaks: Spanish*, Catalan* Studies: English | Message 2 of 8 24 January 2009 at 5:48am | IP Logged | |||||
I think the spelling is "effeminate". Meanings: -Weak characterized by excessive softness or self-indulgence; "an effeminate civilization" -Having unsuitable feminine qualities. I think you need the second meaning. Edited by slucido on 24 January 2009 at 5:48am 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
 Jiwon Triglot Moderator Korea, South Joined 6436 days ago 1417 posts - 1500 votes Speaks: EnglishC2, Korean*, GermanC1 Studies: Hindi, Spanish Personal Language Map | Message 3 of 8 24 January 2009 at 8:47am | IP Logged | |||||
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Effeminate is usually used to describe men, when they have unusually and/or disturbingly feminine characteristics that an average male is not expected to have.
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| farrioth Senior Member New Zealand Joined 6090 days ago 171 posts - 173 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Russian, Esperanto, Sanskrit, Japanese | Message 4 of 8 30 January 2009 at 3:47am | IP Logged | |||||
I've never known effeminate to have negative connotations. To me, it's almost synonymous with feminine, but more often used when talking about people or things that aren't actually female. I also don't recall having heard it in the sense of "excessive softness or self-indulgence". 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Volte Tetraglot Senior Member Switzerland Joined 6439 days ago 4474 posts - 6726 votes Speaks: English*, Esperanto, German, Italian Studies: French, Finnish, Mandarin, Japanese | Message 5 of 8 30 January 2009 at 3:53am | IP Logged | |||||
I've rarely heard it with anything other than negative connotations. The sense of 'excessive softness or self-indulgence' is much rarer, and strikes me as more of a historical than contemporary use. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| farrioth Senior Member New Zealand Joined 6090 days ago 171 posts - 173 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Russian, Esperanto, Sanskrit, Japanese | Message 6 of 8 30 January 2009 at 5:32am | IP Logged | |||||
Interesting. I suppose it's a dialectical thing. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| slucido Bilingual Diglot Senior Member Spain https://goo.gl/126Yv Joined 6675 days ago 1296 posts - 1781 votes 4 sounds Speaks: Spanish*, Catalan* Studies: English | Message 7 of 8 30 January 2009 at 9:35am | IP Logged | |||||
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Here you have the reference:
http://www.wordreference.com/definition/effeminate
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| krog Diglot Senior Member Austria Joined 6049 days ago 146 posts - 152 votes Speaks: English*, German Studies: French, Latin | Message 8 of 8 02 February 2009 at 8:03am | IP Logged | |||||
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Examples:
Edward the Confessor was effeminate, Harold Godwinsson was not. David Beckham is more effeminate than Roy Keane. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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