English-Thai Dictionary

effeminate

ADJ(ผู้ชาย  ซึ่ง มี ลักษณะ ท่าทาง เหมือน ผู้หญิง (ผู้ชาย  ที่ เลียนแบบ ลักษณะ ท่าทาง ของ ผู้หญิง  sissy unmanly womanish sueng-me-lak-sa-na-ta-tang-muean-phu-ying

 

effeminate

ADJ อ้อนแอ้น  อรชรอ้อนแอ้น  pansy weak on-aen

 

effeminate

VT ทำให้ มี ลักษณะ ท่าทาง เหมือน ผู้หญิง  ทำให้ อรชรอ้อนแอ้น  weaken emasculate unman tam-hai-lak-sa-na-ta-tang-muean-phu-ying

 

effeminately

ADV อย่าง อ้อนแอ้น เหมือน ผู้หญิง 

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

EFFEMINATE

a.[L. effoeminatus, from effoeminor, to grow or make womanish, from foemina, a woman. See Woman. ] 1. Having the qualities of the female sex; soft or delicate to an unmanly degree; tender; womanish; voluptuous.
The king, by his voluptuous life and mean marriage, became effeminate, and less sensible of honor.
2. Womanish; weak; resembling the practice or qualities of the sex; as an effeminate peace; an effeminate life.
3. Womanlike, tender, in a sense not reproachful.

 

EFFEMINATE

v.t.To make womanish; to unman; to weaken; as to effeminate children.

 

EFFEMINATE

v.i.To grow womanish or weak; to melt into weakness. In a slothful peace courage will effeminate.

 

EFFEMINATELY

adv. In a womanish manner; weakly; softly. 1. By means of a woman; as effeminately vanquished.

 

EFFEMINATENESS

n.Unmanlike softness.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

EFFEMINATE

Ef *fem "i *nate, a. Etym: [L. effeminatus, p. p. of effeminare to make a woman of; ex out + femina a woman. See Feminine, a.]

 

1. Having some characteristic of a woman, as delicacy, luxuriousness, etc. ; soft or delicate to an unmanly degree; womanish; weak. The king, by his voluptuous life and mean marriage, became effeminate, and less sensible of honor. Bacon. An effeminate and unmanly foppery. Bp. Hurd.

 

2. Womanlike; womanly; tender; -- in a good sense. Gentle, kind, effeminate remorse. Shak.

 

Note: Effeminate and womanish are generally used in a reproachful sense; feminine and womanly, applied to women, are epithets of propriety or commendation.

 

EFFEMINATE

Ef *fem "i *nate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Effeminated; p. pr. & vb. n.Effeminating.]

 

Defn: To make womanish; to make soft and delicate; to weaken. It will not corrupt or effeminate children's minds. Locke.

 

EFFEMINATE

EFFEMINATE Ef *fem "i *nate, v. i.

 

Defn: To grow womanish or weak. In a slothful peace both courage will effeminate and manners corrupt. Pope.

 

EFFEMINATELY

EFFEMINATELY Ef *fem "i *nate *ly, adv.

 

1. In an effeminate or womanish manner; weakly; softly; delicately. "Proud and effeminately gay. " Fawkes.

 

2. By means of a woman; by the power or art of a woman. [R.] "Effeminately vanquished. " Milton.

 

EFFEMINATENESS

EFFEMINATENESS Ef *fem "i *nate *ness, n.

 

Defn: The state of being effeminate; unmanly softness. Fuller.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

effeminate

ef fem i nate |iˈfemənət əˈfɛmənət | ▶adjective (of a man ) having or showing characteristics regarded as typical of a woman; unmanly. DERIVATIVES ef fem i na cy |iˈfemənəsē |noun, ef fem i nate ly adverb ORIGIN late Middle English: from Latin effeminatus, past participle of effeminare ‘make feminine, ’ from ex- (expressing a change of state ) + femina ‘woman. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

effeminate

effeminate |ɪˈfɛmɪnət | ▶adjective derogatory (of a man ) having characteristics regarded as typical of a woman; unmanly. DERIVATIVES effeminacy noun, effeminately adverb ORIGIN late Middle English: from Latin effeminatus, past participle of effeminare ‘make feminine ’, from ex- (expressing a change of state ) + femina ‘woman ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

effeminate

effeminate adjective an effeminate bartender: womanish, effete, foppish, unmanly, feminine; informal camp, campy, flaming. ANTONYMS manly.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

effeminate

effeminate adjective as his manicured fingers played with the gold medallion around his neck, he looked very effeminate: womanish, unmanly, effete, foppish, affected, niminy-piminy, mincing, posturing; informal campy, queeny; informal, derogatory poncey, limp-wristed, pansyish, faggy. ANTONYMS manly.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

effeminate

ef fem i nate /ɪfémɪnət /形容詞 ｟否定的に ｠〈男の行動 性格 態度などが 〉女性的な, 女のような (↔manly ), 軟弱な .ef f é m i nacy /-nəsi /名詞 ～ly 副詞