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adjective Etymology: Latin effetus, from ex- + fetus fruitful — more at feminine Date: 1660 1. no longer fertile 2. a. having lost character, vitality, or strength the ~ monarchies…of feudal Europe — G. M. Trevelyan b. marked by weakness or decadence the ~ East c. soft or delicate from or as if from a pampered existence peddled…trendy tweeds to ~ Easterners — William Helmer ~ tenderfeet; also characteristic of an ~ person a wool scarf…a bit ~ on an outdoorsman — Nelson Bryant 3. effeminate 1 a good-humored, ~ boy brought up by maiden aunts — Herman Wouk • ~ly adverb • ~ness noun ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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adj. 1 feeble and incapable. 2 worn out; exhausted of its essential quality or vitality. Derivatives effeteness n. Etymology: L effetus worn out by bearing young (as EX-(1), FOETUS) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. расслабленный, ослабевший, неспособный к действию 2. изнеженный, избалованный 3. упадочный effete poetry —- декадентская поэзия to become effete —- прийти в упадок 4. бесплодный, истощенный 5. уст. неспособный к воспроизведению потомства (о животных) 6. в грам. знач. сущ.: деклассированные элементы; декаденты; изнеженные (бездельники) ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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~ adj formal 1 weak and powerless in a way that you dislike (an attack against effete intellectuals) 2 looking or behaving like a woman (an effete, languid young man) - effetely adv ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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- 1621, from L. effetus (usually in fem. effeta) "unproductive, worn out (with bearing offspring)" lit. "that has given birth," from ex- "out" + fetus "childbearing, offspring." Sense of "exhausted" is 1662; that of "morally exhausted" (1790) led to "decadent" (19c.). EFFICACY - 1527, from L. efficacia, from efficax (gen. efficacis) "effective," from efficere "work out, accomplish" (see effect). ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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