English-Thai Dictionary

effete

ADJ อ่อนแอ  หมดแรง  เหนื่อย  exhausted weakened worn-out on-are

 

effete

ADJ เสื่อมถอย  เสื่อมโทรม  พ้นสมัย  decadent overrefined sueam-toi

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

EFFETE

a.[L. effoetus, effetus; ex and foetus, embryo. ] 1. Barren; not capable of producing young, as animal, or fruit, as the earth. An animal becomes effete by losing the power of conception. The earth may be rendered effete, by drouth, or by exhaustion of fertility.
2. Worn out with age; as effete sensuality.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

EFFET

Ef "fet, n. Etym: [See Eft, n.] (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: The common newt; -- called also asker, eft, evat, and ewt.

 

EFFETE

Ef *fete ", a. Etym: [L. effetus that has brought forth, exhausted; ex + fetus that has brought forth. See Fetus. ]

 

Defn: No longer capable of producing young, as an animal, or fruit, as the earth; hence, worn out with age; exhausted of energy; incapable of efficient action; no longer productive; barren; sterile. Effete results from virile efforts. Mrs. Browning If they find the old governments effete, worn out, ... they may seek new ones. Burke.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

effete

ef fete |iˈfēt əˈfit | ▶adjective (of a person ) affected, overrefined, and ineffectual: effete trendies from art college. • no longer capable of effective action: the authority of an effete aristocracy began to dwindle. DERIVATIVES ef fete ness noun ORIGIN early 17th cent. (in the sense ‘no longer fertile, past bearing young ’): from Latin effetus ‘worn out by bearing young, ’ from ex- ‘out ’ + fetus ‘breeding ’; related to fetus .

 

Oxford Dictionary

effete

effete |ɪˈfiːt | ▶adjective affected, over-refined, and ineffectual: effete trendies from art college. • no longer capable of effective action: the authority of an effete aristocracy began to dwindle. • (of a man ) weak or effeminate. DERIVATIVES effetely adverb, effeteness noun ORIGIN early 17th cent. (in the sense ‘no longer fertile ’): from Latin effetus ‘worn out by bearing young ’, from ex- ‘out ’ + fetus ‘breeding ’; related to fetus .

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

effete

effete adjective 1 effete trendies: affected, pretentious, precious, mannered, overrefined; ineffectual; informal la-di-da. ANTONYMS unpretentious. 2 an effete young man: effeminate, unmanly, girlish, feminine; soft, timid, cowardly, lily-livered, spineless, pusillanimous; informal sissy, wimpish, wimpy. ANTONYMS manly. 3 the fabric of society is effete: weak, enfeebled, enervated, worn out, exhausted, finished, drained, spent, powerless, ineffectual. ANTONYMS powerful. WORD NOTE effete Here's a word on which some dictionaries and usage authorities haven't caught up with the realities of literate usage. Yes, the traditional meaning of effete is "depleted of vitality, washed out, exhausted "—and in a college paper for an older prof you'd probably want to use it in only that way. But a great many educated people accept effete now also as a pejorative synonym for elite or elitist, one with an added suggestion of effeminacy, over-refinement, pretension, and /or decadence; and in these writers' opinion it is not a boner to use effete this way, since no other word has quite its connotative flavor. Traditionalists who see this evolved definition as an error often blame Spiro Agnew's characterization of some liberal group or other as an "effete corps of impudent snobs," but there are deeper reasons for this evolution, such as that effete derives from the Latin effētus, which meant "worn out from bearing children " and thus had an obvious feminine connotation. Or that, historically, effete was often used to describe artistic movements that had exhausted their vitality, and one of the main characteristics of a kind of art's exhaustion was its descent into excessive refinement /foppery /decadence. — DFW & EM Conversational, opinionated, and idiomatic, these Word Notes are an opportunity to see a working writer's perspective on a particular word or usage. WORD NOTE See feckless Conversational, opinionated, and idiomatic, these Word Notes are an opportunity to see a working writer's perspective on a particular word or usage.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

effete

effete adjective 1 effete trendies from art colleges: affected, over-refined, ineffectual, artificial, studied, pretentious, precious, chichi, flowery, mannered; informal twee, la-di-da, pseud; Brit. informal poncey, toffee-nosed; rare alembicated. ANTONYMS unpretentious. 2 I distrusted the effete young man: effeminate, unmasculine, unmanly; womanish, girlish, feminine; weak, soft, timid, timorous, fearful, cowardly, lily-livered, limp-wristed, spineless, craven, milksoppish, pusillanimous, chicken-hearted, weak-kneed; informal sissy, wimpish, wimpy, pansy-like. ANTONYMS manly. 3 the whole fabric of society is becoming effete: weakened, enfeebled, enervated, worn out, exhausted, finished, burnt out, played out, drained, spent, powerless. ANTONYMS powerful.

 

Duden Dictionary

Effet

Ef fet Substantiv, maskulin oder Substantiv, Neutrum , der oder das |ɛˈfeː auch ɛˈfɛ |der, selten das Effet; Genitiv: des Effets, Plural: die Effets französisch effet < lateinisch effectus, Effekt einer Kugel, einem Ball beim Stoßen, Schlagen, Treten o. Ä. durch seitliches Anschneiden verliehener Drall den Ball mit Effet schlagen | das Stück wurde mit viel Effet (umgangssprachlich ; Schwung ) vorgetragen

 

Effetball

Ef fet ball Substantiv, maskulin , der mit Effet gespielter Ball

 

effettuoso

ef fet tu o so Adverb Musik |effettu o so |italienisch effettuoso < spätlateinisch effectuosus effektvoll, mit Wirkung

 

French Dictionary

effet

effet n. m. nom masculin 1 Conséquence, résultat d ’une action. : Cette tempête a eu des effets désastreux. SYNONYME répercussion ; suite . 2 Impression. : Alexandre m ’a fait un effet extraordinaire: il est merveilleux! LOCUTIONS À cet effet Dans cette intention, en vue de cela. : Elle se désaltéra à la fontaine placée dans le parc à cet effet. À l ’effet de locution prépositive droit Afin de, dans le but de. : À l ’effet de faire cession d ’un bien. Note Technique On réservera cette locution à la langue juridique. Effet de serre. Processus naturel de réchauffement du climat causé par les gaz à effet de serre contenus dans l ’atmosphère, principalement la vapeur d ’eau, le dioxyde de carbone (CO 2 ) et le méthane (CH 4 ). : Des effets de serre. Une étude réalisée par des climatologues montre que le changement climatique (provoqué par les gaz à effet de serre des activités humaines ) entraîne une hausse des précipitations – pluie et neige – entre 40 et 70 ° de latitude nord, soit en Russie, au Canada et en Europe. En effet Effectivement. SYNONYME de fait . Note Technique L ’expression *car en effet est un pléonasme. Prendre effet. droit Entrer en vigueur. : Cette loi prendra effet le 1 er janvier 1993. Sous l ’effet de. Sous l ’influence de. : Il était sous l ’effet de l ’alcool. FORMES FAUTIVES à l ’effet que. Calque de « to the effect that » pour selon lequel, selon laquelle ou en vue de, afin de. : Un avis selon lequel (et non *à l ’effet que ) cette activité est admissible. effets scolaires. Impropriété pour fournitures scolaires. Prononciation Le e initial se prononce é (et non *è )

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

effete

ef fete /ɪfíːt, e- /形容詞 ｟かたく ｠1 ｟否定的に ｠〈人が 〉活力のない, 弱い, 消耗した ; 〈社会 政治などが 〉衰退した, 活力を失った .2 〈男性が 〉女性のように行動する [見える ], 女性的な .～ly 副詞 ～ness 名詞