effete[adjective]Synonyms: decadent, dissipated, enfeebled, feeble, ineffectual, spoiled, weak
Contrasted words: alive, lively, vigorous, vital
Related Idioms: on one's last legs, out on one's feet
Related Words: consumed,
debilitated,
enfeebled,
fatigued,
decaying,
declining,
soft,
weak,
dissolute,
immoral [TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
ef‧fete /ɪˈfiːt $ e-/
adjective formal[
Date: 1600-1700;
Language: Latin;
Origin: effetus, from fetus 'producing young']
1. weak and powerless in a way that you dislike:
effete intellectuals2. an effete man looks or behaves like a woman
Synonym : effeminate [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲