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单词 effeminating
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effeminatingn.

Brit. /ᵻˈfɛmᵻneɪtɪŋ/, U.S. /əˈfɛməˌneɪdɪŋ/, /iˈfɛməˌneɪdɪŋ/
Forms: see effeminate v. and -ing suffix1.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: effeminate v., -ing suffix1.
Etymology: < effeminate v. + -ing suffix1. Compare effemination n.
Now rare (chiefly in historical contexts after early 18th cent.).
The action of making something or someone effeminate (in various senses of the adjective); the process of becoming effeminate; an instance of this.
ΘΚΠ
the world > life > sex and gender > female > effeminacy > [noun] > being or becoming effeminate
effeminating1555
effemination?1562
womanizing1775
womanization1906
devirilization1920
1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde iii. xi. f. 154v They make rather to theffeminatynge of the myndes of men.
1616 T. Gainsford Rich Cabinet f. 83v Lechery..is the ruine of the body, the abridgment of life, the corruption of vertue, the breach of the law, and the effeminating of manhood.
1659 T. Chamberlayne Full Supply Secrets vii, in Compl. Midwife's Pract. (ed. 2) 295 A Bath of hot water that is fresh, breeds..the effeminating of the flesh, weaknesse of the sinews.., and a nauseating in the stomach.
1690 R. Brown tr. Plutarch in tr. Plutarch Morals V. 160 Fed with the..food that Men provide for them, [sc. beasts]..they suffer that which is call'd Domestication, which is only an Effeminating of their natural fury.
1704 I. Sharpe Yet Plainer Eng. xv. 86 The immoderate use and abuse of 'em [sc. Sporting and Gaming], is of evil Report, and tends to the Effeminating of the Mind, the loss of Time, and all the ill effects of an Idle Life.
1892 Trans. Woolhope Naturalists' Field Club 1886–9 217 Clemens Alexandrinus..relates that, after Capua, a shield was proposed for Hannibal on which was a Scarabeus surrounded by Roses, to signify the effeminating of that warlike commander by the pleasures of that town.
1990 South Central Rev. 7 20 Jean E. Howard, in ‘Crossdressing, the Theatre, and Gender Struggle in Early Modern England’,..[argues] that the polemical attacks upon the effeminating of men and the masculinizing of women signalized ‘a sex-gender system under pressure’.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2022).

effeminatingadj.

Brit. /ᵻˈfɛmᵻneɪtɪŋ/, U.S. /əˈfɛməˌneɪdɪŋ/, /iˈfɛməˌneɪdɪŋ/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: effeminate v., -ing suffix2.
Etymology: < effeminate v. + -ing suffix2.
Now chiefly in historical contexts, and rare in general use.
That makes someone or something effeminate (in various senses of effeminate adj.).
ΘΚΠ
the world > life > sex and gender > female > effeminacy > [adjective] > making effeminate
womanizing1615
unmanning1625
effeminating1630
effeminizing1807
1630 tr. G. Botero Relations Famous Kingdomes World (rev. ed.) i. 28 There is much difference betwixt the same people in time of warre, and after a long and effeminating peace.
1676 W. Wycherley Plain-dealer iii. i Thou art as hard to shake off as that..effeminating mischief, love.
1713 N. Brady Select Serm. on Pract. Subj. 68 [Sexual incontinence or ‘uncleanness’] is a Vice the most effeminating of any, which renders him who gives himself up to it, unfit for any manly Contest of Strength or Activity.
1757 Herald 20 Oct. 34 Our schools of dangling idleness, mean rapine, and effeminating luxury.
1828 W. James Moral Responsibility Amer. Nation 7 If he [sc. an American] should witness an attempt to introduce into this country the effeminating arts and usages of the eastern world, his language would be, Foolish men! you have [etc.].
1860 R. W. Emerson Worship in Conduct of Life (London ed.) 183 I..find the religions of men..unmanly and effeminating.
1916 Country Life 11 Mar. 336/2 At first our enemies had to do with a Great Britain saturated with the effeminating influences of peace and luxury. Now the country is stirred to its depths and on its mettle.
2010 Music & Lett. 91 260/1 Writers increasingly warned against the sense-befuddling (and potentially effeminating) effects of manly over-indulgence in musical practice.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2022).
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