Effeminacy :: Effeminacy (n.) 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..
Effeminate :: Effeminate (a.) Having some characteristic of a woman, as delicacy, luxuriousness, etc.; soft or delicate to an unmanly degree; womanish; weak..
Effeminate :: Effeminate (a.) Womanlike; womanly; tender; -- in a good sense.
Effeminate :: Effeminate (v. t.) To make womanish; to make soft and delicate; to weaken.
Effeminate :: Effeminate (v. i.) To grow womanish or weak.