Transvestite vs Effeminate - What's the difference?
transvestite | effeminate |
A person who sometimes wears clothes traditionally worn by and associated with the opposite sex; typically a male who cross-dresses occasionally by habit or compulsion.
(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.
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* John Locke
As a noun transvestite
is a person who sometimes wears clothes traditionally worn by and associated with the opposite sex; typically a male who cross-dresses occasionally by habit or compulsion.As an adjective effeminate is
(often|derogatory|of a man or boy) having behaviour or mannerisms considered unmasculine or typical of a woman or girl; feminine.As a verb effeminate is
(archaic) to make womanly; to unman.transvestite
English
(wikipedia transvestite)Noun
(en noun)Usage notes
This term is relatively formal (Latinate); is common, the verb transvest is quite rare. Transvestite'' should not be confused with ''transgender or . Transvestites generally have less or no desire to change their sex; they simply enjoy being able to cross-dress from time to time. The term should also not be confused with ; that term is specifically for performers.Synonyms
* cross-dresser * (pejorative) tranny * TV * see alsoDerived terms
* transvestic * transvestic fetishism * transvestism * transvestitismeffeminate
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.