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effete

British pronunciation/ˈɛfiːt/
American pronunciation/ɛˈfit/
1

deprived of vigor and the ability to be effective

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2

freshwater snails

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3

affected, overrefined, and effeminate

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Examples
1[Narrator] Anderson was effete. -
2[Felix] Anderson was effete. -
3That in turn might mask the effete professorial type, that might mask an altogether too hetero-normative sexual predation and on and on and on dialectically if you read this sentence as an aspect or element of gender theory.
4Remember these are all liberal effete New Yorkers, in my opinion.
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