effeminate

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

ef·fem·in·ate BrE [ɪˈfemɪnət] NAmE [ɪˈfemɪnət] adjective (disapproving)
(of a man or a boy)looking, behaving or sounding like a woman or a girl
Derived Word: ↑effeminacy

Word Origin:
[effeminacy effeminate] late Middle English: from Latin effeminatus, past participle of effeminare ‘make feminine’, from ex- (expressing a change of state) + femina ‘woman’.

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  emasculate, epicene, cissy, sissified, sissyish, sissy