effete English

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What does effete mean?

effete

— adjective (= decadent) marked by excessive self-indulgence and moral decay a decadent life of excessive money and no sense of responsibility a group of effete self-professed intellectuals

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decadent

exhausted

weakened

sterile

effeminate

barren

worn-out

wet

weak

wasted

vitiated

unsound

tainted

spoilt

spoiled

putrid

pampered

overrefined

infirm

ineffectual

enfeebled

enervated

devitalized

depressive

depraved

degenerate

corrupted

corrupt

blighted

bastard

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  crumbling declining decrepit dowdy effete faded past its prime rusty worn out