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Effete Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Effete? [adj] marked by excessive self-indulgence and moral decay; "a decadent life of excessive money and no sense of responsibility"; "a group of effete self-professed intellectuals" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Effete: decadent \| indulgent Related Terms \| Find terms related to Effete: ablated \| all in \| anemic \| arid \| asthenic \| ausgespielt \| barren \| blah \| blank \| bleary \| bloodless \| bootless \| burned-out \| burnt up \| characterless \| chicken \| cold \| colorless \| coming apart \| consumed \| counterproductive \| cowardly \| cracking \| crumbling \| dead \| debilitated \| decadent \| decayed \| decaying \| declining \| degenerate \| depleted \| deteriorating \| devitalized \| disabled \| disintegrating \| dismal \| dissipated \| dissolute \| done \| done in \| done up \| draggy \| drained \| draining \| drearisome \| dreary \| drooping \| droopy \| dry \| dryasdust \| dull \| dusty \| dwindling \| eaten up \| ebbing \| elephantine \| emptied \| empty \| enervated \| enfeebled \| eroded \| etiolated \| eviscerated \| exhausted \| fade \| fading \| failing \| faint \| faintish \| falling \| far-gone \| fatigued \| fatuitous \| fatuous \| feckless \| feeble \| finished \| flabby \| flaccid \| flagging \| flat \| floppy \| fragmenting \| frazzled \| fruitless \| futile \| going to pieces \| gone \| gutless \| heavy \| ho-hum \| hollow \| imbecile \| immoral \| impotent \| impoverished \| inadequate \| inane \| incapacitated \| ineffective \| ineffectual \| inefficacious \| inexcitable \| infecund \| infertile \| inoperative \| insipid \| invalid \| jaded \| jejune \| laid low \| languid \| languishing \| languorous \| leaden \| lifeless \| limber \| limp \| listless \| low-spirited \| lustless \| marcescent \| marrowless \| nerveless \| nugacious \| nugatory \| of no force \| out \| overripe \| pale \| pallid \| pedestrian \| pining \| pithless \| played out \| plodding \| pointless \| poky \| ponderous \| pooped \| powerless \| regressive \| retrograde \| retrogressive \| rubbery \| run-down \| sapless \| sapped \| shotten \| shriveling \| sinewless \| sinking \| slack \| sliding \| slipping \| slow \| slumping \| soft \| solemn \| spent \| spineless \| spiritless \| sterile \| stiff \| stodgy \| strengthless \| stuffy \| subsiding \| superficial \| tabetic \| tasteless \| tedious \| tired \| unavailing \| unfruitful \| unhardened \| unlively \| unnerved \| unstrung \| used up \| useless \| vain \| vapid \| waning \| washed-out \| wasted \| wasting \| weak \| weakened \| weakly \| wilting \| withering \| wooden \| worn \| worn away \| worn-out \| worsening See Also \| Effete In Webster's Dictionary \Ef*fete"\, a. [L. effetus that has brought forth, exhausted; ex + fetus that has brought forth. See {Fetus}.] 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.

Effete Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Effete?

[adj] marked by excessive self-indulgence and moral decay; "a decadent life of excessive money and no sense of responsibility"; "a group of effete self-professed intellectuals"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Effete: decadent | indulgent

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Effete In Webster's Dictionary

\Ef*fete"\, a. [L. effetus that has brought forth,
exhausted; ex + fetus that has brought forth. See {Fetus}.]
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.

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