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"Effete" also carries some connotation of femininity, which I absolutely don't see in Albers.
"U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg had surgery today for pancreatic cancer." Ann Althouse 2009
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"Effete" first showed signs of acquiring these shades of meaning in the 1920s, but it wasn't until the 1940s that the new "effete" clearly established itself in reputable writing.
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"Effete" derives from Latin "effetus," meaning "no longer fruitful," and for a brief time in English it was used to describe an animal no longer capable of producing offspring.
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These conclusions are hardly surprising: Effete intellectuals should have more trouble handling the stress of war, and farmers are more accustomed than city folk to harsh, army-like conditions.
Knowing What Isn't So Christopher F. Chabris 2011
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Effete snob food is full of fatty, high-cholesterol sauces and such.
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Effete Vegas luxuries were infecting even Wichita.
Silver Zombie Carole Nelson Douglas 2010
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The Elite Effete snobs that watched WW2 on PBS only go to Independent films.
Captain America's Shield Found in Iron Man?! « FirstShowing.net 2008
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My response was an immediate, No. I replied by recounting heady times in America: the tear gassing, and mace and weapons used against college students of that time, of how an American vice president declared war against the young, calling college students, draft evaders, "Effete snobs."
Regina Weinreich: Baader-Meinhof Complex, a New Film Based on True Events 2009
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I hear Portlanders are organizing a "Sanctimonious Effete Douchebag" themed ride where everyone dresses up as Sam Adams, complains about the state of the world while doing blow, rides to Holocene and, then goes to Sassy's for cheese fries.
Veloship of the Chainrings: Riding on Water BikeSnobNYC 2009
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Effete to me is Jasper Johns's work after about 1975.
"U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg had surgery today for pancreatic cancer." Ann Althouse 2009
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