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effete

(ɪfiːt)

adjective

If you describe someone as effete, you are criticizing them for being weak and powerless.

[formal, disapproval]

...the charming but effete Russian gentry of the 1840s and 1850s.

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effete in British English

(ɪˈfiːt)

adjective

weak, ineffectual, or decadent as a result of overrefinement

an effete academic

exhausted of vitality or strength; worn out; spent

(of animals or plants) no longer capable of reproduction

Derived forms

effetely (efˈfetely)

adverb

effeteness (efˈfeteness)

noun

Word origin

C17: from Latin effētus having produced young, hence, exhausted by bearing, from fētus having brought forth; see fetus

effete in American English

(ɛˈfit; ɪˈfit)

adjective

no longer capable of producing; spent and sterile

lacking vigor, force of character, moral stamina, etc.; decadent, soft, overrefined, etc.

Derived forms

effetely (efˈfetely)

adverb

effeteness (efˈfeteness)

noun

Word origin

L effetus, that has brought forth offspring, exhausted < ex-, out + fetus, productive: for IE base see female

Examples of 'effete' in a sentence
effete

It's a cosy, less effete way of nodding to the trend.

1 (adjective) in the sense of weak

Definition

weak, powerless, and decadent

the sun-starved looks of an effete intellectual

Synonyms

weak

I was too weak to move my arms and legs.

cowardly

I was too cowardly to complain.

feeble

While I was ill I was too feeble to even stand.

ineffectual

The ill-advised and ineffectual policies

decrepit

spineless

bureaucrats and spineless politicians

enfeebled

weak-kneed (informal)

enervated

overrefined

chicken-hearted

wimpish or wimpy (informal)

2 (adjective) in the sense of worn out

Synonyms

worn out

I was exhausted – worn out by the strain I'd been under.

spent

After all that exertion, we were completely spent.

wasted

drained

exhausted

She was too exhausted even to think clearly.

played out

burnt out

used up

enervated

Warm winds make many people feel enervated and depressed.

3 (adjective) in the sense of sterile

Synonyms

sterile

a sterile and barren wasteland

barren (old-fashioned)

a three-year-old barren mare

fruitless

unproductive

increasingly unproductive land

infertile

The waste is dumped, making the surrounding land infertile.

unfruitful

infecund

unprolific

Additional synonyms

in the sense of barren

Definition

incapable of producing offspring

a three-year-old barren mare

Synonyms

infertile,

sterile,

unproductive,

nonproductive,

infecund,

unprolific

in the sense of cowardly

I was too cowardly to complain.

Synonyms

faint-hearted,

scared,

spineless,

gutless (informal),

base,

soft,

yellow (informal),

weak,

chicken (slang),

shrinking,

fearful,

craven,

abject,

dastardly (old-fashioned),

boneless,

timorous (literary),

weak-kneed (informal),

pusillanimous,

chickenshit (US, slang),

recreant (archaic),

caitiff (archaic),

chicken-hearted,

lily-livered (old-fashioned),

white-livered,

sookie (New Zealand)

in the sense of enervated

Warm winds make many people feel enervated and depressed.

Synonyms

weakened,

spent,

done in (informal),

weak,

tired,

drained,

undermined,

exhausted,

fatigued,

rundown,

limp,

feeble,

sapped,

worn out,

debilitated,

unnerved,

washed out,

incapacitated,

enfeebled,

devitalized

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effete

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effervescence
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单词	effete
释义	Trends of effete View usage for: effete (ɪfiːt) adjective If you describe someone as effete, you are criticizing them for being weak and powerless. [formal, disapproval] ...the charming but effete Russian gentry of the 1840s and 1850s. More Synonyms of effete effete in British English (ɪˈfiːt) adjective 1. weak, ineffectual, or decadent as a result of overrefinement an effete academic 2. exhausted of vitality or strength; worn out; spent 3. (of animals or plants) no longer capable of reproduction Derived forms effetely (efˈfetely) adverb effeteness (efˈfeteness) noun Word origin C17: from Latin effētus having produced young, hence, exhausted by bearing, from fētus having brought forth; see fetus effete in American English (ɛˈfit; ɪˈfit) adjective 1. no longer capable of producing; spent and sterile 2. lacking vigor, force of character, moral stamina, etc.; decadent, soft, overrefined, etc. Derived forms effetely (efˈfetely) adverb effeteness (efˈfeteness) noun Word origin L effetus, that has brought forth offspring, exhausted < ex-, out + fetus, productive: for IE base see female Examples of 'effete' in a sentence effete It's a cosy, less effete way of nodding to the trend. Times, Sunday Times (2013) 1 (adjective) in the sense of weak Definition weak, powerless, and decadent the sun-starved looks of an effete intellectual Synonyms weak I was too weak to move my arms and legs. cowardly I was too cowardly to complain. feeble While I was ill I was too feeble to even stand. ineffectual The ill-advised and ineffectual policies decrepit spineless bureaucrats and spineless politicians enfeebled weak-kneed (informal) enervated overrefined chicken-hearted wimpish or wimpy (informal) 2 (adjective) in the sense of worn out Synonyms worn out I was exhausted – worn out by the strain I'd been under. spent After all that exertion, we were completely spent. wasted drained exhausted She was too exhausted even to think clearly. played out burnt out used up enervated Warm winds make many people feel enervated and depressed. 3 (adjective) in the sense of sterile Synonyms sterile a sterile and barren wasteland barren (old-fashioned) a three-year-old barren mare fruitless unproductive increasingly unproductive land infertile The waste is dumped, making the surrounding land infertile. unfruitful infecund unprolific Additional synonyms in the sense of barren Definition incapable of producing offspring a three-year-old barren mare Synonyms infertile, sterile, unproductive, nonproductive, infecund, unprolific in the sense of cowardly I was too cowardly to complain. Synonyms faint-hearted, scared, spineless, gutless (informal), base, soft, yellow (informal), weak, chicken (slang), shrinking, fearful, craven, abject, dastardly (old-fashioned), boneless, timorous (literary), weak-kneed (informal), pusillanimous, chickenshit (US, slang), recreant (archaic), caitiff (archaic), chicken-hearted, lily-livered (old-fashioned), white-livered, sookie (New Zealand) in the sense of enervated Warm winds make many people feel enervated and depressed. Synonyms weakened, spent, done in (informal), weak, tired, drained, undermined, exhausted, fatigued, rundown, limp, feeble, sapped, worn out, debilitated, unnerved, washed out, incapacitated, enfeebled, devitalized Nearby words of effete effervesce effervescence effervescent effete efficacious efficacy efficiency Synonyms of 'effete' effete Explore 'effete' in the dictionary
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