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Meaning of 'effete' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Effete [ a.]
- No longer capable of producing young, as an animal, or fruit, as the earth; hence, worn out with age; exhausted of energy; incapable of efficient action; no longer productive; barren; sterile.

Meaning of 'effete' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . effete [ s]
Meaning (1):
- deprived of vigor and the ability to be effective
Example in sentence:
  • fundamentalism has flowered because it has concluded that liberalism is effete, ineffectual and impoverished
Meaning (2):
- affected, overrefined, and effeminate
Example in sentence:
  • the young man spoke in effete, accented English

Nearby Words:

effable efface effaceable effaced effacement effacing effascinate effascination effect effected

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