sissify

/ˈsɪ.səˌfaɪ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

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verb

Transitive verb

"...there does seem, from this study, basis for a not uncommon charge that American schools tend to baby and sissify the boys."
"The trick was to find means of positioning a male consumer which did not feminize, emasculate or sissify him."

From sissy + -fy.

sissifies (present, singular) sissifying (participle, present) sissified (participle, past) sissified (past)

sissification

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How do you pronounce sissify?

The recorded pronunciation is /ˈsɪ.səˌfaɪ/.

What does sissify mean?

To make sissy; to emasculate.

Where does sissify come from?

From sissy + -fy.

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