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▪ I. eˈffeminating, vbl. n.
[f. effeminate v. + -ing1.]
The action or process of rendering effeminate; unmanly softening or weakening.
1555Eden Decades W. Ind. (Arb.) 190 They make rather to theffeminatynge of the myndes of men. 1710Lady M. W. Montague Lett. lxvii. II. 110 We are permitted no books but such as tend to the..effeminating of the mind.
▪ II. eˈffeminating, ppl. a.
[f. as prec. + -ing2.]
Making effeminate or unmanly; enervating.
1676Wycherley Pl. Dealer iii. i, Thou art as hard to shake off as that..effeminating mischief, love. 1757Herald (1758) I. 91 Effeminating luxury. 1860Emerson Cond. Life (1861) 121, I..find the religions of men..unmanly and effeminating. |