effeminate
adjective
[ ɪˈfɛmɪnət ]
• (of a man) having characteristics regarded as typical of a woman; unmanly.
• "he lisps and his handshake is effeminate"
Similar:
effete,
unmanly,
womanish,
foppish,
affected,
niminy-piminy,
mincing,
posturing,
queeny,
campy,
limp-wristed,
pansyish,
Origin:
late Middle English: from Latin effeminatus, past participle of effeminare ‘make feminine’, from ex- (expressing a change of state) + femina ‘woman’.
