Associations to the word «Effete»
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Wiktionary
EFFETE, adjective. (obsolete) Of substances, quantities etc: exhausted, spent, worn-out.
EFFETE, adjective. (now rare) Of people: lacking strength or vitality; feeble, powerless, impotent.
EFFETE, adjective. Decadent, weak through self-indulgence.
EFFETE, adjective. Effeminate.
Dictionary definition
EFFETE, adjective. 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".
Wise words
Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe.
Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with
things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.