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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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Dictionary Results for effete:
1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
effete
    adj 1: 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" [syn: decadent, effete]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Effete \Ef*fete"\, a. [L. effetus that has brought forth,
   exhausted; ex + fetus that has brought forth. See Fetus.]
   No longer capable of producing young, as an animal, or fruit,
   as the earth; hence, worn out with age; exhausted of energy;
   incapable of efficient action; no longer productive; barren;
   sterile.
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         Effete results from virile efforts.      --Mrs.
                                                  Browning
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         If they find the old governments effete, worn out, . .
         . they may seek new ones.                --Burke.
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