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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
effeminate /ɪˈfɛmɪnət/

▶adjective derogatory (of a man) having characteristics regarded as typical of a woman.

– derivatives
effeminacy noun,
effeminately adverb.

– origin ME: from L. effeminat-, effeminare ‘make feminine’.

'effeminate' also found in these Oxford entries:

camp - effete - epicene - jessie - limp-wristed - mollycoddle - nancy - nelly - pansy - pantywaist - ponce - poof - pretty boy - queen - queeny - sissy - swishy - twinkie - womanish - woofter

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