Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

effemination

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
ef-fem-i-na-tion
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
5
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

effeminacy; womanishness

Countable; Obsolete; Uncountable

Etymology

From Latin effeminatio.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: *dʰeh₁(y)-, effeminatio

Usage

Inflected Forms

effeminations (plural)

Questions

What does effemination mean?
effeminacy; womanishness
Where does effemination come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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