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}]
Effeminateness \Ef*fem"i*nate*ness\, n. The state of being effeminate; unmanly softness. --Fuller. [1913 Webster]