| a. | 1. | Having some characteristic of a woman, as delicacy, luxuriousness, etc.; soft or delicate to an unmanly degree; womanish; weak. |
| 2. | Womanlike; womanly; tender; - in a good sense. | |
| v. t. | 1. | To make womanish; to make soft and delicate; to weaken. |
| v. i. | 1. | To grow womanish or weak. |
| Adj. | 1. | effeminate - having unsuitable feminine qualities |
| 2. | effeminate - characterized by excessive softness or self-indulgence; "an effeminate civilization" Synonyms: weak |
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