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effete

ef·fete

UK/ɪˈfiːt/ US/ɪˈfit/ uncommon obsolete

adjective

1.

marked by excessive self-indulgence and moral decay

  • “a decadent life of excessive money and no sense of responsibility”
  • “a group of effete self-professed intellectuals”
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Origin

From Latin effētus (“exhausted”, literally “that has given birth”), 1620s.

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