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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (a.) Having some characteristic of a woman, as delicacy, luxuriousness, etc.; soft or delicate to an unmanly degree; womanish; weak.

2. (a.) Womanlike; womanly; tender; -- in a good sense.

3. (v. t.) To make womanish; to make soft and delicate; to weaken.

4. (v. i.) To grow womanish or weak.

Greek

3120. malakos -- soft, effeminate
... soft, effeminate. Part of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: malakos Phonetic Spelling:
(mal-ak-os') Short Definition: soft, effeminate Definition: (a) soft, (b ...
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5172. truphe -- softness, daintiness, luxuriousness
... daintiness, luxuriousness. Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: truphe
Phonetic Spelling: (troo-fay') Short Definition: effeminate luxury Definition ...
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Strong's Hebrew

6026. anog -- to be soft, delicate, dainty
... A primitive root; to be soft or pliable, ie (figuratively) effeminate or luxurious --
delicate(-ness), (have) delight (self), sport self. 6025, 6026. ...
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Library

Whether Effeminacy* is Opposed to Perseverance? [*Mollities ...
... For a gloss on 1:Cor.6:9,10, "Nor adulterers, nor the effeminate, nor liers with
mankind," expounds the text thus: "Effeminate"-ie obscene, given to ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether effeminacy is opposed to.htm

Against Men who Embellish Themselves.
... [1595] For not being free of the love of finery, they are not in health; but inclining
to voluptuousness, they become effeminate, cutting their hair in an ...
/.../clement/the instructor paedagogus/chapter iii against men who embellish.htm

Severinus in Germany.
... Those nations which corrupt civilization had made effeminate, might learn from him
what was so needful for them in their present circumstances, to be ...
/.../neander/light in the dark places/severinus in germany.htm

On the Words of the Gospel, Mark viii. 5, Etc. , Where the Miracle ...
... said, "And they that did eat were four thousand men, excepting women and children."
[3142] As though the void of understanding, and the effeminate were without ...
/.../sermons on selected lessons of the new testament/sermon xlv on the words.htm

Of the Life and Actions of Æsculapius, Apollo, Neptune, Mars ...
... For, being conveyed to Crete with his effeminate retinue, he met with an unchaste
woman on the shore; and in the confidence inspired by his Indian victory, he ...
/.../lactantius/the divine institutes/chap x of the life and.htm

On the Use of Ointments and Crowns.
... some who, annoyed at the attention bestowed on this, appear to me to be rightly
so averse to perfumes on account of their rendering manhood effeminate, as to ...
/.../clement/the instructor paedagogus/chapter viii on the use of.htm

Or if the Things which we Say are not So...
... Or if the things which we say are not so, declare, say yourselves"those effeminate
and delicate men whom we see among you in the sacred rites of this deity ...
/.../the seven books of arnobius against the heathen/17 or if the things.htm

How Should Seemliness be Represented by a Speaker? Does Beauty Add ...
... Does beauty add anything to virtue, and, if so, how much? Lastly, what care should
we take that nothing conceited or effeminate be seen in us? 81. ...
/.../ambrose/works and letters of st ambrose/chapter xix how should seemliness.htm

Whether Pertinacity is Opposed to Perseverance?
... is "head-strong," or {idiognomones}, that is "self-opinionated," because they abide
by their opinions more than they should; whereas the effeminate man does so ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether pertinacity is opposed to.htm

Concerning the Likeness and Agreement of the Fabulous and Civil ...
... detestable? And certainly they themselves have seen what they transact in
secret through the agency of mutilated and effeminate men. ...
/.../augustine/city of god/chapter 7 concerning the likeness and.htm

Thesaurus

Effeminate (1 Occurrence)
... Multi-Version Concordance Effeminate (1 Occurrence). 1 Corinthians 6:9 Know ye
not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? ...
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Delicate (32 Occurrences)
... 9. (a.) Tender; not able to endure hardship; feeble; frail; effeminate; -- said
of constitution, health, etc.; as, a delicate child; delicate health. 10. ...
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Queen (59 Occurrences)
... spades. 7. (n.) A male homosexual, esp. one who is effeminate or dresses
in women's clothing. 8. (vi) To act the part of a queen. ...
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Nice (1 Occurrence)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (superl.) Foolish; silly; simple; ignorant; also, weak;
effeminate. 2. (superl.) of trifling moment; unimportant; trivial. ...
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Lydian
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (a.) of or pertaining to Lydia, a country of Asia Minor,
or to its inhabitants; hence, soft; effeminate; -- said especially of one of ...
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Woman (4043 Occurrences)
... 4. (vt) To act the part of a woman in; -- with indefinite it. 5. (vt) To make
effeminate or womanish. 6. (vt) To furnish with, or unite to, a woman. Int. ...
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Wrath (503 Occurrences)
... No effeminate, sentimental view of the Fatherhood of God or of His mercy and
loving-kindness can exclude the manifestation of His just, righteous and holy ...
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Fornicators (8 Occurrences)
... Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate,
nor abusers of themselves with mankind, (KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS NAS). ...
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Tender (66 Occurrences)
... 10. (superl.) Sensible to impression and pain; easily pained. 11. (superl.) Physically
weak; not hardly or able to endure hardship; immature; effeminate. 12. ...
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Effectually (2 Occurrences)

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Bible Concordance

Effeminate (1 Occurrence)

1 Corinthians 6:9 Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind,
(KJV ASV WBS YLT NAS)

Subtopics

Effeminate

Related Terms

Delicate (32 Occurrences)

Queen (59 Occurrences)

Nice (1 Occurrence)

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Wrath (503 Occurrences)

Fornicators (8 Occurrences)

Tender (66 Occurrences)

Effectually (2 Occurrences)