effete

As an adjective effete

is (label) of substances, quantities etc: exhausted, spent, worn-out.

As a noun barren is

bar.

As adjectives the difference between effete and bootless

is that effete is of substances, quantities etc: exhausted, spent, worn-out while bootless is without boots.

As adjectives the difference between effete and dandy

is that effete is of substances, quantities etc: exhausted, spent, worn-out while dandy is like a dandy, foppish.

As a noun dandy is

a man very concerned about his clothes and his appearance.

As an adjective effete

is (label) of substances, quantities etc: exhausted, spent, worn-out.

As a noun gay is

nape.

As a verb gay is

to crow.

As adjectives the difference between effete and pretentious

is that effete is (label) of substances, quantities etc: exhausted, spent, worn-out while pretentious is marked by an unwarranted claim to importance or distinction.

As a noun cliché

is something, most often a phrase or expression, that is overused or used outside its original context, so that its original impact and meaning are lost. A trite saying; a platitude.

As an adjective effete is

of substances, quantities etc: exhausted, spent, worn-out.

As adjectives the difference between dormant and effete

is that dormant is inactive, sleeping, asleep, suspended while effete is of substances, quantities etc: exhausted, spent, worn-out.

As adjectives the difference between important and effete

is that important is important while effete is (label) of substances, quantities etc: exhausted, spent, worn-out.

As adjectives the difference between effete and enervate

is that effete is of substances, quantities etc: exhausted, spent, worn-out while enervate is made feeble; weakened.

As a verb enervate is

to reduce strength or energy; debilitate.

As adjectives the difference between effete and archaic

is that effete is (label) of substances, quantities etc: exhausted, spent, worn-out while archaic is of or characterized by antiquity; old-fashioned, quaint, antiquated.

As a noun archaic is

(archaeology|us|usually capitalized) a general term for the prehistoric period intermediate between the earliest period (‘[http://enwikipediaorg/wiki/paleo-indian paleo-indian]’, ‘paleo-american’, ‘american‐paleolithic’, &c ) of human presence in the western hemisphere, and the most recent prehistoric period (‘woodland’, etc).