Both Uses of
effete
in
The Lords of Discipline
- It is not an effete organization.†
Chpt 3.27 *
- I do not speak of the mincing, effete courtesy of these desperate times, but the virile, robust courtesy born in that most violent of times, the Middle Ages.†
Chpt 4.34
Definitions:
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(1)
(effete) physically weak -- especially due to self-indulgence and moral decay
or:
said disapprovingly: more typical of a woman than a man -
(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus