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Effete

/ɪˈfiːt/

Of substances, quantities etc: exhausted, spent, worn-out.

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📖 Definitions of "Effete"

adjective
  1. 1

    Of substances, quantities etc: exhausted, spent, worn-out.

  2. 2

    Lacking strength or vitality; feeble, powerless, impotent.

  3. 3

    Decadent, weak through self-indulgence.

  4. 4

    (of a person) Affected, overrefined

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