effete

Definitions


[ɪˈfiːt], (Adjective)

Definitions:
- affected and overly refined
(e.g: effete trendies from art college)


Phrases:

Origin:
early 17th century (in the sense ‘no longer fertile’): from Latin effetus ‘worn out by bearing young’, from ex- ‘out’ + fetus ‘breeding’; related to fetus




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