Dictionary entry

Effeminacy

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Ef‐fem″i‐na‐cy (?), n.; pl.Effeminacies (#). [From Effeminate.] Characteristic quality of a woman, such as softness, luxuriousness, delicacy, or weakness, which is unbecoming a man; womanish delicacy or softness; — used reproachfully of men. Milton.