effete
Example Sentences
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Mostly that has meant pretending to be a Real American by riding horses, going hunting or driving around in a pick-up to prove they aren’t some effete city slicker.
From Salon • Nov. 23, 2025
“I’ll go after him for being ‘this effete knower of arcane knowledge, who knows little tidbits that no one would care about.’
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 27, 2023
Funny, frail, effete, Bettany’s Warhol is as meticulously impersonal as his art, and my goodness he whines.
From New York Times • Dec. 20, 2022
The guns were symbols of outdoorsmanship, both rugged and effete.
From Washington Post • Apr. 12, 2022
Traditionally, effete has meant “barren,” “used up,” or “worn out.”
From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
