Word Definition

Effeminate

  1. Womanlike; womanly; tender; -- in a good sense.
  2. To grow womanish or weak.
  3. To make womanish; to make soft and delicate; to weaken.
  4. Having some characteristic of a woman, as delicacy, luxuriousness, etc.; soft or delicate to an unmanly degree; womanish; weak.