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effeminate 中文解釋 wordnet sense Collocation Usage Collins Definition
Adjective
/iˈfemənət/,
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derogatory. (of a man) Having or showing characteristics regarded as typical of a woman; unmanly,
  1. derogatory. (of a man) Having or showing characteristics regarded as typical of a woman; unmanly

  1. having unsuitable feminine qualities
  2. (effeminateness) effeminacy: the trait of being effeminate (derogatory of a man); "the students associated science with masculinity and arts with effeminacy"; "Spartans accused Athenians of effeminateness"; "he was shocked by the softness of the atmosphere surrounding the young prince, arising ...
  3. Effeminacy describes traits in a human male, that are more often associated with traditional feminine nature, behaviour, mannerisms, style or gender roles rather than masculine nature, behaviour, mannerisms, style or roles.
  4. To make womanly; to unman; Having behaviour or mannerisms considered unmasculine or typical of a woman or girl; feminine
  5. (634) having the qualities generally attributed to women; unmanly; not virile. Milton uses the term in the sense that a man allows a woman to take his place in the natural hierarchy in which, for Milton, women were inferior to men, especially in terms of reason and intellect.
  6. A nasty mean-spirited little word that manages to insult not only the men in its direct line of fire, but all the women on the planet. Also imprecise and woefullyhard to pronounce.
  7. A man or boy that acts like a female.
  8. Manners, behaviours like those of a woman.