Dictionary Entry
effeminacy
effeminacy is a 10-letter English word with 2 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Characteristic quality of a woman, such as softness, luxuriousness, delicacy, or weakness, which is unbecoming a man; womanish delicacy or softness; -- used reproachfully of men. Face value is 23 in Scrabble and 25 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
10 letters · Scrabble 23 · Words With Friends 25 · 2 senses
Definitions
- 1noun
Characteristic quality of a woman, such as softness, luxuriousness, delicacy, or weakness, which is unbecoming a man; womanish delicacy or softness; -- used reproachfully of men.
- 2noun
the trait of being effeminate (derogatory of a man)
"the students associated science with masculinity and arts with effeminacy"
"Spartans accused Athenians of effeminateness"
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