EFFETE
effete
(adjective) deprived of vigor and the ability to be effective; “fundamentalism has flowered because it has concluded that liberalism is effete, ineffectual and impoverished”
effete
(adjective) affected, overrefined, and effeminate; “the young man spoke in effete, accented English”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
effete (comparative more effete, superlative most effete)
(obsolete) Of substances, quantities etc: exhausted, spent, worn-out.
Lacking strength or vitality; feeble, powerless, impotent.
Decadent, weak through self-indulgence.
(of a person) Affected, overrefined
Source: Wiktionary
Ef*fete", a. Etym: [L. effetus that has brought forth, exhausted; ex + fetus that has brought forth. See Fetus.]
Definition: No longer capable of producing young, as an animal, or fruit, as the earth; hence, worn out with age; exhausted of energy; incapable of efficient action; no longer productive; barren; sterile. Effete results from virile efforts. Mrs. Browning If they find the old governments effete, worn out, . . . they may seek new ones. Burke.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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