Definition of effeminate

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