Effeminate vs Androgynous - What's the difference?
effeminate | androgynous |
(often, derogatory, of a man or boy) Having behaviour or mannerisms considered unmasculine or typical of a woman or girl; feminine.
* Bishop Hurd
(obsolete) womanly; tender
* Shakespeare
(archaic) To make womanly; to unman.
* , Folio Society, 2006, vol.1, p.134:
* John Locke
Possessing the sex organs of both sexes.
Pertaining to a feature or characteristic that is not definitively of either sex.
Possessing qualities of both sexes.
* Owen
As adjectives the difference between effeminate and androgynous
is that effeminate is having behaviour or mannerisms considered unmasculine or typical of a woman or girl; feminine while androgynous is possessing the sex organs of both sexes.As a verb effeminate
is to make womanly; to unman.effeminate
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- An effeminate and unmanly foppery.
- Gentle, kind, effeminate remorse.
Synonyms
* camp * swishVerb
(effeminat)- the studie of sciences doth more weaken and effeminate mens minds, than corroborate and adapt them to warre.
- It will not corrupt or effeminate children's minds.
androgynous
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- Names like Pat, Terry and Jean are androgynous because they can be given to babies of either gender.
- The truth is, a great mind must be androgynous .