Saturday, April 24, 2004

WORD OF THE POST

E for Effete

1. Depleted of vitality, force, or effectiveness; exhausted
eg. the final, effete period of the baroque style.

2. Marked by self-indulgence, triviality, or decadence
eg. an effete group of self-professed intellectuals.

3. Overrefined; effeminate.

4. No longer productive; infertile.

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