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 to me were magic. You could say a word and it could
conjure up all kinds of images or feelings or a chilly
sensation or whatever. It was amazing to me that words had
this power.