āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
effete
01
āĻā§āĻ˛āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤, āĻ āĻŦāĻ¨āĻ¤
lacking strength or effectiveness
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
His leadership was effete, marked by indecision and passivity.
āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦ āĻĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻ˛ āĻāĻŋāĻ˛, āĻ¯āĻž āĻ
āĻ¨āĻŋāĻļā§āĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻ¤āĻž āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻˇā§āĻā§āĻ°āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧāĻ¤āĻž āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ°āĻž āĻāĻŋāĻšā§āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ¤ āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤
02
āĻ¨āĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻ˛ā§āĻ¯, āĻā§āĻ¤ā§āĻ°āĻŋāĻŽ
excessively delicate, often associated with pretentiousness
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The novel 's style was so effete it alienated most readers.
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¸ā§āĻ° āĻļā§āĻ˛ā§ āĻāĻ¤āĻāĻžāĻ āĻā§āĻŽāĻ˛ āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ āĻ¯ā§ āĻāĻāĻŋ āĻŦā§āĻļāĻŋāĻ°āĻāĻžāĻ āĻĒāĻžāĻ āĻāĻā§ āĻĻā§āĻ°ā§ āĻ¸āĻ°āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻā§āĨ¤
āĻ¨āĻŋāĻāĻāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
