Sissify

//ˈsɪ.səˌfaɪ// verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To make sissy; to emasculate. transitive

    "...there does seem, from this study, basis for a not uncommon charge that American schools tend to baby and sissify the boys."

Synonyms

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castratedemasculinizeeffeminizeemasculategeldsoften

Example

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"...there does seem, from this study, basis for a not uncommon charge that American schools tend to baby and sissify the boys."

Etymology

From sissy + -fy.

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