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Definitions for Effeteness
[1] lacking in wholesome vigor; degenerate; decadent: an effete, overrefined society.
[2] exhausted of vigor or energy; worn out: an effete political force.
[3] unable to produce; sterile.
[4] weak, ineffectual, or decadent as a result of overrefinement an effete academic
[5] exhausted of vitality or strength; worn out; spent
[6] (of animals or plants) no longer capable of reproduction
Words related to Effeteness
effeteincapacity, languor, inadequacy, enervation, exhaustion, senility, weakness, incompetence, delicacy, decrepitude, insufficiency, malaise, frailty, infirmity, debility, disease, inability, insignificance, lassitude, etiolation
Words nearby Effeteness
effeteefferent vessel, effervesce, effervescence, effervescent, effervescent salt, effete, efficacious, efficacity, efficacy, efficiency, efficiency apartment
Origin of Effeteness
1615–25; < Latin effēta exhausted from bearing, equivalent to ef- ef- + fēta having brought forth, feminine past participle of lost v.; see fetus
Words that may be confused with Effeteness
WORDS, THAT, MAY, BE, CONFUSED, WITH, effeteeffeminate, effete, feminine, womanish, womanly, (see, synonym, study, at, womanly)
Other words from Effeteness
ef·fete·ly , adverb
ef·fete·ness , noun
non·ef·fete , adjective
non·ef·fete·ly , adverb
non·ef·fete·ness , noun
un·ef·fete , adjective
un·ef·fete·ness , noun
Word origin for Effeteness
C17: from Latin effētus having produced young, hence, exhausted by bearing, from fētus having brought forth; see fetus
Synonyms for Effeteness
debility, decrepitude, delicacy, disease, enervation, etiolation, exhaustion, flimsiness, frailness, frailty, inability, inadequacy, incapacity, incompetence, ineffectualness, infirmity, insignificance, insufficiency, lameness, languor, lassitude, malaise, senility, unhealthiness, weakness, infirmness, sickliness