Definizione monolingua

effeminate

effeminate (third-person singular simple present effeminates, present participle effeminating, simple past and past participle effeminated)

1. (archaic) To make womanly; to unman.
   • 1603, John Florio, translating Michel de Montaigne, Essays, Folio Society 2006, vol. 1 p. 134:

     the studie of sciences doth more weaken and effeminate mens minds, than corroborate and adapt them to warre.

effeminate (comparative more effeminate, superlative most effeminate)

1. (of a man or boy) Having behaviour or mannerisms considered unmasculine or typical of a woman or girl; feminine.

Definizione dizionario effeminate

	effeminato
	Of a man: Having qualities that are traditionally associated with women.

	effemminato
	of a man, behaving like a woman

effeminare

Altri significati:

(of a man or boy) Having behaviour or mannerisms considered unmasculine or typical of a woman or girl; feminine.

(archaic) To make womanly; to unman.