Womanizer vs Effeminate - What's the difference?
womanizer | effeminate |
(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
As a noun womanizer
is a habitual or chronic seducer of women.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.womanizer
English
(wikipedia womanizer)Alternative forms
* womaniser (non-Oxford British spelling)Synonyms
* bounder * cad * Casanova * Lothario * philanderer * wencher * player * playboy * rake * Romeo * lady's man * lecher * See alsoDerived terms
* (l)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.