effeminateness Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the trait of being effeminate (derogatory of a man)
    womanishness; unmanliness; sissiness; softness; effeminacy.
    • the students associated science with masculinity and arts with effeminacy
    • Spartans accused Athenians of effeminateness
    • he was shocked by the softness of the atmosphere surrounding the young prince, arising from the superfluity of the femininity that guided him

WordNet


Ef*fem"i*nate*ness noun
Definitions
  1. The state of being effeminate; unmanly softness. Fuller.

Webster 1913