effete
/ɪ'fit/
adjective
6 letters2 syllables12 points in Scrabble®12 points in WWF®
DEFINITIONS2
ADJECTIVE
1
Affected, overrefined, and effeminate.
“the young man spoke in effete, accented English”
2
Deprived of vigor and the ability to be effective.
“fundamentalism has flowered because it has concluded that liberalism is effete, ineffectual and impoverished”
WORD FORMS
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Ends withE
GAME SCORES
Scrabble®12 points
Words With Friends®12 points
Double word24 points
Triple word36 points
GOOD TO KNOW
Pig Latineffeteway
Starts & ends withE … E
Syllablesef · fete
SYNONYMS & RELATED2
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