| 单词 | effete |
| 释义 | effete —effetely, adv. —effeteness, n. /i feet"/, adj. 1. lacking in wholesome vigor; degenerate; decadent: an effete, overrefined society. 2. exhausted of vigor or energy; worn out: an effete political force. 3. unable to produce; sterile. [1615-25; < L effeta exhausted from bearing, equiv. to ef- EF- + feta having brought forth, fem. ptp. of lost v.; see FETUS] Syn. 2. enervated, debilitated. |
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