Effeminacies

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Effeminacy \Ef*fem"i*na*cy\, n.; pl. {Effeminacies}. [From
     {Effeminate}.]
     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.


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