effeminacy Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the trait of being effeminate (derogatory of a man)
    womanishness; unmanliness; effeminateness; sissiness; softness.
    • 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*na*cy noun
Etymology
From Effeminate.
Wordforms
plural Effeminacies
Definitions
  1. Characteristic quality of a woman, such as softness, luxuriousness, delicacy, or weakness, which is unbecoming a man; womanish delicacy or softness; -- used reproachfully of men. Milton.

Webster 1913