effete 音标拼音: [ɛf'it]
a . 筋疲力尽的,疲惫的,衰微的
筋疲力尽的,疲惫的,衰微的
effete adj 1 :
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 " [
synonym : {
decadent }, {
effete }]
Effete \
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 .
[
1913 Webster ]
Effete results from virile efforts . --
Mrs .
Browning [
1913 Webster ]
If they find the old governments effete ,
worn out , . .
.
they may seek new ones . --
Burke .
[
1913 Webster ]
198 Moby Thesaurus words for "
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
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EFFETE Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster Effete derives from Latin effetus, meaning "no longer fruitful," and for a brief time in English it was used to describe an animal no longer capable of producing offspring For most of its existence in English, however, the use of "effete" has been entirely figurative
EFFETE Definition Meaning | Dictionary. com EFFETE definition: lacking in wholesome vigor; degenerate; decadent See examples of effete used in a sentence
Effete - definition of effete by The Free Dictionary Characterized by extreme refinement or self-indulgence, often to the point of unworldiness or decadence: "the effete taste of people surfeited with expensive comforts" (R P T Davenport-Hines)
EFFETE | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary EFFETE meaning: 1 weak and without much power: 2 more typical of a woman than of a man 3 weak and without much… Learn more
EFFETE definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary If you describe someone as effete, you are criticizing them for being weak and powerless
Word of the Day: effete - The New York Times Can you correctly use the word effete in a sentence? Based on the definition and example provided, write a sentence using today’s Word of the Day and share it as a comment on this article
EFFETE Simple Definition - Merriam-Webster The simple definition of EFFETE is lacking strength, courage, or spirit
EFFETE | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary EFFETE definition: 1 weak and without much power: 2 more typical of a woman than of a man 3 weak and without much… Learn more
Effete - Definition, Meaning Synonyms | Vocabulary. com The origin of the word effete is a little unexpected Coming from the Latin effetus "out of, past childbearing," effete meant "exhausted, spent" long before it acquired the sense of morally exhausted and overly refined
effete adjective - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage notes . . . Definition of effete adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more