| 单词 | effete |
| 释义 | effete (once / 7420 pages) adj Effete is a disapproving term meaning decadent and self-indulgent, even useless. The stereotype of the rugged Westerner is just as false as the one of the effete East Coast liberal. The origin of the word effete is a little unexpected. Coming from the Latin effetus "out of, past childbearing," effete meant "exhausted, spent" long before it acquired the sense of morally exhausted and overly refined. This is the main use of the word today. Do you ever wonder why some effete party girls are considered celebrities? Star athletes run the risk of losing their edge and becoming effete posterboys for their sports. WORD FAMILYeffete: effetely, effeter USAGE EXAMPLESThe show is fawned upon by effete elites such as myself. Washington Post(Nov 21, 2016) He pointed out how Duke Ellington turned black history into style, and how Ellington made white American composers, by contrast, sound like effete Europeans. New York Times(Oct 20, 2016) Loved that camp coup de grace, the effete Limey farewell. The Guardian(Oct 24, 2016) adj excessively self-indulgent, affected, or decadent a group of effete self-professed intellectuals Syn decadent indulgent characterized by or given to yielding to the wishes of someone |
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