effete

Definition of Effete in English :

Adjective

1. decadent, effete

marked by excessive self-indulgence and moral decay

Example Sentences:
'a decadent life of excessive money and no sense of responsibility'
'a group of effete self-professed intellectuals'

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WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Effete

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adjective

1.

weak, ineffectual, or decadent as a result of overrefinement

an effete academic

2.

exhausted of vitality or strength; worn out; spent

3.

(of animals or plants) no longer capable of reproduction

Effete

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adjective

1.

no longer capable of producing; spent and sterile

2.

lacking vigor, force of character, moral stamina, etc.; decadent, soft, overrefined, etc.

Effete

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adj.

1.

a. Characterized by extreme refinement or self-indulgence, often to the point of unworldiness or decadence: "the effete taste of people surfeited with expensive comforts" (R.P.T. Davenport-Hines).

b. Having or reflecting an attitude of social superiority; pretentious or snobbish: "Throughout its amateur era tennis was a country club sport, denigrated as elitist and effete" (Stuart Miller).

2. Depleted of vitality, force, or effectiveness; exhausted: the effete monarchies of Europe.

3. Effeminate: "As a manly adventurer ... [Saint Paul] seemed the perfect rebuttal to our great, if unspoken, fear that the celibate vocation was effete" (James Carroll).

4. Archaic No longer productive; infertile.

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