effete
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The song is scheduled to be recorded on the Impudent Parasite label by Morris, who will be accompanied by a group called the Effete Snobs.
From Time Magazine Archive
Effete salmon who wanted to be scooped up by the lift were disappointed.
From Time Magazine Archive
"Effete, Cally,--that's what this age is," said Mr. Heth, pushing back his chair, and producing his gold toothpick.
From V. V.'s Eyes by Harrison, Henry Sydnor
"Effete or powerful, my country is still able to present an ultimatum when diplomacy requires it," I said.
From The Czar's Spy The Mystery of a Silent Love by Le Queux, William
—A palace—of an architecture grown Effete, and weary 'neath its hundred years.
From Poems of Emile Verhaeren by Verhaeren, Emile
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