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EFFEMINATENESS
effeminacy, effeminateness, sissiness, softness, womanishness, unmanliness
(noun) 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”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
effeminateness (uncountable)
effeminacy
Source: Wiktionary
Ef*fem"i*nate*ness, n.
Definition: The state of being effeminate; unmanly softness. Fuller.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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SHTIK
(noun) (Yiddish) a little; a piece; “give him a shtik cake”; “he’s a shtik crazy”; “he played a shtik Beethoven”
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