effeminacy

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Dandyism’s persistent associations with criminality, effeminacy and homosexuality would achieve notoriety in Oscar Wilde’s 1895 trials.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 15, 2026

This was defined by a cultivated or performed effeminacy, including make-up, falsetto, and the use of "camp names" and female pronouns.

From Salon • Feb. 19, 2022

With Abe and his effeminacy, Chabon is all patience.

From Slate • May 17, 2018

And what is wrong with effeminacy to begin with?

From The Guardian • May 7, 2016

It has indeed been accused of a certain effeminacy, the appearance of which is in all probability mainly due to this very contrast.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 2 "French Literature" to "Frost, William" by Various