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Traditionally describing a man or boy as having qualities considered feminine; often disparaging.

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effeminate

The critic questioned the narrator's use of the dated label effeminate.
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The script uses effeminate in the landlord's speech to disparage a male musician whose gestures the landlord regards as feminine.
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