Ef*fem"i*na*cy (?), n.; pl. Effeminacies (#). [From Effeminate.]

Characteristic quality of a woman, such as softness, luxuriousness, delicacy, or weakness, which is unbecoming a man; womanish delicacy or softness; -- used reproachfully of men.

Milton.

 

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