effeminizingn.

Brit.

/ᵻˈfɛmᵻnʌɪzɪŋ/, U.S.

/əˈfɛməˌnaɪzɪŋ/,

/iˈfɛməˌnaɪzɪŋ/

Forms: see effeminize v. and -ing suffix¹.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: effeminize v., -ing suffix¹.

Etymology: < effeminize v. + -ing suffix¹. Compare earlier effeminating n., effemination n.

The action of making a person or thing effeminate or feminine; the process of becoming effeminate or feminine; (also) an instance of this.

ΚΠ

1639 R. Ward Animadversions of Warre sig. *4^v Your golden Spirits cannot admit of such effeminizing as the Pithagorians which inhabited Amicle a Towne in Italy, who often being terrified with a vaine rumour of their enemies approach, promulgated a Law, forbidding all such reports.

1898 Morning Oregonian (Portland, Oregon) 21 Jan. 8/6 The battle for equal suffrage tended in the direction of..the effeminizing of society.

1907 H. Zimmern tr. F. Nietzsche Beyond Good & Evil ix. 259 There is nowadays..a sickly irritability and sensitiveness towards pain, and also a repulsive irrestrainableness in complaining, an effeminizing, which..seeks to deck itself out as something superior—there is a regular cult of suffering.

1965 19th-cent. Fiction 19 385 Percy Wyndham Lewis..saw the technologizing and effeminizing of values as concomitant.

2006 NWSA Jrnl. Fall 186 The effeminizing of military targets inextricably links emasculation to Arabs.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2022).

effeminizingadj.

Brit.

/ᵻˈfɛmᵻnʌɪzɪŋ/, U.S.

/əˈfɛməˌnaɪzɪŋ/,

/iˈfɛməˌnaɪzɪŋ/

Forms: see effeminize v. and -ing suffix².

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: effeminize v., -ing suffix².

Etymology: < effeminize v. + -ing suffix². Compare earlier effeminating adj.

That makes a person or thing effeminate or feminine in nature or quality.

ΚΠ

1807 ‘Najeeb’ Strictures on Present Govt. Brit. Possessions in India (1808) 75 The sweeter, but no less fascinating and delicious, though effeminizing delirium of the unlimited Zunana.

1881 Ld. Lytton in 19th Cent. Nov. 774 It tends to encourage..an effeminising influence in English poetry.

1952 G. Wilson Julien Ware 201 Gratitude is an effeminizing emotion.

2018 T. Pugh Queer Fantasies Amer. Family Sitcom ii. 60 They tease him with such disparaging and effeminizing terms as ‘songbird’ and ‘canary.’

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2022).

单词	effeminizing
释义	effeminizingn. Brit. /ᵻˈfɛmᵻnʌɪzɪŋ/, U.S. /əˈfɛməˌnaɪzɪŋ/, /iˈfɛməˌnaɪzɪŋ/ Forms: see effeminize v. and -ing suffix¹. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: effeminize v., -ing suffix¹. Etymology: < effeminize v. + -ing suffix¹. Compare earlier effeminating n., effemination n. The action of making a person or thing effeminate or feminine; the process of becoming effeminate or feminine; (also) an instance of this. ΚΠ 1639 R. Ward Animadversions of Warre sig. 4^v Your golden Spirits cannot admit of such effeminizing as the Pithagorians which inhabited Amicle a Towne in Italy, who often being terrified with a vaine rumour of their enemies approach, promulgated a Law, forbidding all such reports. 1898 Morning Oregonian (Portland, Oregon)* 21 Jan. 8/6 The battle for equal suffrage tended in the direction of..the effeminizing of society. 1907 H. Zimmern tr. F. Nietzsche Beyond Good & Evil ix. 259 There is nowadays..a sickly irritability and sensitiveness towards pain, and also a repulsive irrestrainableness in complaining, an effeminizing, which..seeks to deck itself out as something superior—there is a regular cult of suffering. 1965 19th-cent. Fiction 19 385 Percy Wyndham Lewis..saw the technologizing and effeminizing of values as concomitant. 2006 NWSA Jrnl. Fall 186 The effeminizing of military targets inextricably links emasculation to Arabs. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2022). effeminizingadj. Brit. /ᵻˈfɛmᵻnʌɪzɪŋ/, U.S. /əˈfɛməˌnaɪzɪŋ/, /iˈfɛməˌnaɪzɪŋ/ Forms: see effeminize v. and -ing suffix². Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: effeminize v., -ing suffix². Etymology: < effeminize v. + -ing suffix². Compare earlier effeminating adj. That makes a person or thing effeminate or feminine in nature or quality. ΚΠ 1807 ‘Najeeb’ Strictures on Present Govt. Brit. Possessions in India (1808) 75 The sweeter, but no less fascinating and delicious, though effeminizing delirium of the unlimited Zunana. 1881 Ld. Lytton in 19th Cent. Nov. 774 It tends to encourage..an effeminising influence in English poetry. 1952 G. Wilson Julien Ware 201 Gratitude is an effeminizing emotion. 2018 T. Pugh Queer Fantasies Amer. Family Sitcom ii. 60 They tease him with such disparaging and effeminizing terms as ‘songbird’ and ‘canary.’ This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2022). < n.1639adj.1807
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