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EFFETE
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Deprived of vigor and the ability to be effective
Example:
fundamentalism has flowered because it has concluded that liberalism is effete, ineffectual and impoverished
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Similar:
impotent (lacking power or ability)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Affected, overrefined, and effeminate
Example:
the young man spoke in effete, accented English
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Similar:
refined ((used of persons and their behavior) cultivated and genteel)
