effeminateness

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
effeminateness
    n 1: the trait of being effeminate (derogatory of a man); "the
         students associated science with masculinity and arts with
         effeminacy"; "Spartans accused Athenians of
         effeminateness"; "he was shocked by the softness of the
         atmosphere surrounding the young prince, arising from the
         superfluity of the femininity that guided him" [syn:
         {effeminacy}, {effeminateness}, {sissiness}, {softness},
         {womanishness}, {unmanliness}]
    
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Effeminateness \Ef*fem"i*nate*ness\, n.
   The state of being effeminate; unmanly softness. --Fuller.
   [1913 Webster]
    

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