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Date: 1300-1400
Language: Latin
Origin: effeminatus, from femina 'woman'

effeminate

 adjective
     
ef‧fem‧i‧nate
a man who is effeminate looks or behaves like a woman
—effeminately adverb
—effeminacy noun [uncountable]
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