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Effete

Adjective

Sense 1:

Exhausted or lacking vigor, energy, or strength

Sample Sentence: After working long hours, Mary felt effete and unable to do anything else.

Sense 2:

Showing excessive refinement or sophistication, often perceived as affected or pretentious

Sample Sentence: The museum exhibited effete artwork that appealed only to a select group.

Noun

Sense 1:

An effeminate or overrefined person, stereotypically lacking in physical strength or masculinity

Sample Sentence: The actor played the role of an effete aristocrat in the period drama.

Sense 2:

An infertile or sterile animal or plant

Sample Sentence: The farmer discovered an effete turkey egg that would not hatch.

Verb

Sense 1:

To make weak or sterile

Sample Sentence: The chemical effeted the plants, rendering them incapable of reproducing.

Sense 2:

To make overly refined or affected

Sample Sentence: The excessive exposure to luxury had effeted the young heir, making him arrogant and distant.