Effeminacy

Synonyms for "effeminacy" (26 found)

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Translations

28 translations across 11 languages.

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Arabic

1 entries
  • تخنُّث، تأنث noun (the quality of being effeminate)

Catalan

2 entries
  • efeminació noun (the quality of being effeminate)
  • efeminament noun (the quality of being effeminate)

French

2 entries
  • effémination noun (the quality of being effeminate)
  • efféminement noun (the quality of being effeminate)

German

2 entries
  • Verweiblichung noun (the quality of being effeminate)
  • Weichlichkeit noun (the quality of being effeminate)

Greek

1 entries
  • θηλυπρέπεια noun (the quality of being effeminate)

Irish

3 entries
  • baineandacht noun (the quality of being effeminate)
  • piteogacht noun (the quality of being effeminate)
  • piteántacht noun (the quality of being effeminate)

Italian

1 entries
  • effeminatezza noun (the quality of being effeminate)

Polish

3 entries
  • babskość noun (the quality of being effeminate)
  • babstwo noun (the quality of being effeminate)
  • zniewieściałość noun (the quality of being effeminate)

Portuguese

3 entries
  • afeminação noun (the quality of being effeminate)
  • efeminação noun (the quality of being effeminate)
  • mariquice noun (the quality of being effeminate)

Scottish Gaelic

4 entries
  • baindeachd noun (the quality of being effeminate)
  • boireanntachd noun (the quality of being effeminate)
  • buige noun (the quality of being effeminate)
  • meatachd noun (the quality of being effeminate)

Spanish

4 entries
  • afeminación noun (the quality of being effeminate)
  • afeminamiento noun (the quality of being effeminate)
  • pluma noun (the quality of being effeminate)
  • ramalazo noun (the quality of being effeminate)

Sample sentences

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It is an argument that cannot proceed but from a low Iudgment, or a ſpirit ſoothed with its owne Effeminaty, to ſay, He is Noble, he is a Courtier, he is a man of State, His quality tyeth him not to perfection, His vertue must be meaſured by the ell of the world, If he were ouer vertuous, the exceſſe of his Sanctity would be preiudiciall to his fortune.

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Certainly, though I dare not antedate the ſorrowes of our Syon, or raiſe a feare or iealouſie without a ground; yet when I doe but ſeriouſly and cordially ſuruay, that intollerable pride; that aboundance of idleneſſe; that fulneſſe of bread; that luſting after ſtrange fleſh (the ſinnes that drew downe fire and brimſtone vpon Sodome long agoe;) thoſe monſtrous habites, faſhions and attires: that exceſſiue vanity, Atheiſme and prophaneneſſe: that execrable and frequent banning, ſwearing, curſing and blaſpheming: that greedie couetouſneſſe, extortion and oppreſſion; that fearefull murther and bloudſhed; that ſcurrility, effæminacie, wantonneſſe, fornication, whoredome, adulterie and vncleaneneſſe: that generall neglect, contempt and hatred of God, of grace, of goodneſſe, and the Goſpell: that ſtupified and ſenceleſſe ſecurity, and hardneſſe of heart, in the middeſt of feares and dangers: that degenerating and growing worſe and worſe, not withſtanding all Gods iudgements, which ſtill encreaſe vpon vs, becauſe our ſinnes encreaſe: that diſſoluteneſſe, that drunkenneſſe, deboiſtneſſe, and exceſſe of Healthes; together with thoſe other troopes of ſundry ſinnes, which walke ſo bold and thick among vs, in deſpite of all thoſe meanes which GOD hath vſed to reclaime vs from them: I cannot but conclude as others doe: that theſe abominations and ſinnes of ours (eſpecially in theſe times of feare and danger, which cry and call for true repentance) prognoſticate no victory, no good, no bleſſing, nor ſucceſſe: but vndoubted ruine and deſtruction to vs, vnleſſe we ſpeedily repent vs of them.

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I yielded, and unlock'd her all my heart, / Who with a grain of manhood well reſolv'd / Might eaſily have ſhook off all her ſnares: / But foul effeminacy held me yok't / Her Bond-ſlave; […]

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Salmacis: A fountain in ancient Greece whose waters were reputed to produce effeminacy.

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