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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: Effete (0.00872 detik)
Found 3 items, similar to Effete.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: effete
lemah, usang
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: effete
effete
adj : 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” [syn:
decadent]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Effete
Effete
\Ef*fete"\, a. [L. effetus that has brought forth,
exhausted; ex + fetus that has brought forth. See
Fetus.]
No longer capable of producing young, as an animal, or fruit,
as the earth; hence, worn out with age; exhausted of energy;
incapable of efficient action; no longer productive; barren;
sterile.
[1913 Webster]
Effete results from virile efforts. --Mrs.
Browning
[1913 Webster]
If they find the old governments effete, worn out, . .
. they may seek new ones. --Burke.
[1913 Webster]
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