effete
Example Sentences
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Mostly that has meant pretending to be a Real American by riding horses, going hunting or driving around in a pick-up to prove they aren’t some effete city slicker.
From Salon
Mr. Zeman, a rambunctious, old-school politician with a knack for connecting with ordinary people, delights in offending effete liberal sensibilities and conventional wisdom.
From New York Times
Funny, frail, effete, Bettany’s Warhol is as meticulously impersonal as his art, and my goodness he whines.
From New York Times
The painting shows the artist in profile, his left hand effetely raised.
From Los Angeles Times
The network was widely perceived as stuffy and effete.
From Washington Post
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