Reverse Dictionary: ECL – EFFH

ECLIPSE – nouns
– CLIPSE eclipse …Bk1894 Eng. dial.
– DEFAULT OF THE SUN † an eclipse …1520
 
ECLIPSING – nouns
– ECLIPSATION † the act of eclipsing or state of being eclipsed …1471
 
ECONOMICAL – person
– RASPER an impudent, overreaching fellow; a close-fisted, economical person …B1900 Eng. dial.
– SPARER a sparing, frugal, economical, or thrifty person; one who spares in using anything …c1440 
economical – verbs
– GO NEAR HAND † to be economical …a1626.
– HAG to manage well, to be economical, to save …1899 Sc.
 
ECONOMICS – nouns
– EC economics …1924 US sl.
– ECCY the study of economics; economics …1924 US students’ sl.
– ECON economics …1976 US sl.
 
ECONOMIZE – verbs
– BEHUSBAND † to economize to the full …1640
– HAIN to husband, to economize, to use sparingly; to save up, to hoard, to lay by …1737 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– SKINCH to scrimp, to economize …1848 Amer. dial.
 
ECONOMY – nouns
– CACOECONOMY * bad economy, bad management …1819
– CATALLACTICS a proposed name for political economy as the ‘science of exchanges’ …1831
– DOMICULTURE * household management; the art of housekeeping, cookery, etc.; domestic economy …1860
– DOWNER a downward trend in business or the economy …1976 sl.
– HAG thrift, economy …1866 Sc.
– HAINING thrift, economy, penuriousness …1871 Sc.
– MANAGERY † domestic or agricultural administration or economy …1633
– MENAGERY † domestic or agricultural administration or economy …1633
– POLLYCON political economy …20C undergraduates’ sl.
– SAVATION a saving; economy; protection from injury …1865 Eng. dial.
– SAVE an act of saving; a piece of economy …1906 Eng. dial.
economy – person
– BELT-TIGHTENER – a person who tries to reduce his or her expenditure; one hired, elected, or appointed to introduce (rigorous) economies …1944
economy – verbs
– CUT AND CONTRIVE to practise economy so as to keep one’s expenses within one’s means …1876
 
ECSTASY (drug) – see MDMA
 
ECSTASY – adjectives
– BLISSED OUT in a state of emotional bliss; experiencing ecstasy …1970s sl.
ecstasy – nouns
– BLISSOUT a state of ecstasy …1970s sl.
– RAPT * a trance, ecstasy, rapture …1526
– VEEM † a state of ecstasy, excitement, exultation …1824 Sc.
ecstasy – verbs
– BLISS OUT to become euphoric; to experience a state of ecstasy …1970s sl.
– CARRY AWAY to move to ecstasy …Bk1905 Amer. dial.
– CARRY OUT † to transport the mind in ecstasy or devotion …1599
– ECSTASIATE * to ecstacize, to transport with rapture or ecstasy, to give pleasurable excitement to …1823
– ECSTASIZE to throw into an ecstasy or transport of rapturous feeling; to give pleasurable excitement to …1835
– ECSTATIZE †* to throw into an ecstasy, to give pleasurable excitement to ..1654
– GUSH to go into ecstasies …Bk1905 Amer. dial.
– RAPTURIZE to fall into ecstasies; to say in an ecstatic way …1822
 
ECSTATIC – adjectives
– ECSTATICAL enraptured, ecstatic …1600 arch.
ecstatic – nouns  
– ECSTATICALNESS † ecstatic condition …1667
ecstatic – verbs 
– BLISS OUT to become ecstatic; usually used in a derogatory fashion when applied to religious or cult zealots …1973 US sl.
 
ECZEMA – adjectives
– GALE covered in scabs, itching, suffering from scabies, eczema, or some other skin disease …20C W. Indies sl.
– SCALD scabbed, scurfy, affected with eczema or ringworm …1641 Sc. & Eng. dial.
eczema – nouns 
– EEZIMER eczema …1954 Amer. dial.
 
EDDY – nouns
– BOIL a turbulent swirl or eddy in a stream …1805 Amer. dial.
– BORE a small whirlpool or circular eddy in a stream …1972 Amer. dial.
– VIRL † a ring or eddy in water, esp. that caused by the stroke of an oar …1908 Sc.
 
EDEN – adjectives
– PARADISAIC pert. to a place of supreme happiness; peacefully beautiful; Eden-like …1754
– PARADISAICAL pert. to a place of supreme happiness; peacefully beautiful; Eden-like …1623
– PARADISIAC pert. to Paradise, Eden-like; peacefully beautiful …1632
– PARADISIACAL pert. to Paradise, Eden-like; peacefully beautiful …1649
– PARADISIAL pert. to Paradise, Eden-like; peacefully beautiful …1800
– PARADISIAN pert. to Paradise, Eden-like; peacefully beautiful …1657-83
– PARADISIC pert. to Paradise, Eden-like; peacefully beautiful …a1745
– PARADISICAL * pert. to Paradise, Eden-like; peacefully beautiful …1649
 
EDGE – adverbs
– EDGLING standing on one edge …Bk1900 Eng. dial.
edge – nouns
– ARRIDGE the angular edge of a block of stone, wood, etc; hence, the edge of anything …1852 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– ARRIS the angular edge of a block of stone, wood, etc; hence, the edge of anything …1852 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– BARM †* edge, brim …c1340
– CANT † edge, border, brink …c1375
– HARRIDGE the angular edge of anything; the turned edge of a sharp knife; also, a sharp edge to one’s appetite …Bk1902 Eng. dial.
– MARGE edge, border, margin …1551 now poetic
– MARGENT margin, edge, or brim of anything …1538 arch.
– NEB an edge, a rim; the edge of a cake …1856 Eng. dial.
– UMSTROKE †* edge, circumference …1650
– YARRAGE an edge, corner, sharp point …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
edge – verbs
– BORD to provide an edge or border …Bk1911 Sc.
– MARGE to form the edge of, to provide with an edge …1852
 
EDGED – adjectives
– YEGGED † edged …1297
 
EDGING – nouns
– SKIRT * a rim or border; an edging …1576
 
EDIBLE – adjectives
– CIBARIOUS * relating to food, useful for food, edible …1656
– COMESTIBLE † fit to eat, edible, eatable …1483
– EDIBILATORY pertaining to eating or edibles …1828
– EDULE †* edible …1699
– EDULIOUS † edible, good for food …a1682
– MEATABLE † that can be used for food, edible …1610
edible – nouns
– COMESTIBLE an edible, an article of food …1837
– EDIBILITY the quality of being edible, the capability of being eaten …1849
– EDULE †* an edible food …1699
– VIVERS food, provisions, victuals, eatables …1814 Sc.
 
EDICT – nouns
– EDICTION † edict, command …c1470
 
EDIFICE – nouns
– FABRIC an edifice, a building …1483
 
EDITOR – person
– EDITIONER †* an editor …a1646
– EDITORESS a female editor …1836
– EDITRESS a female editor …1799
 
EDUCATE – verbs
– BREED to educate, to train, to bring up …Bk1911 Sc.
– DROP SCIENCE to explain, to educate, to make sense …1992 US sl.
– ERUDIATE † to instruct, to educate, to teach …B1895
– SCHOLAR to educate …1833 Sc.
 
EDUCATED – adjectives
– BOOK-LARED educated; learned …Bk1911 Sc.
– EDDICATE educated …1818 Sc.
– EDUCABLE capable of being educated …1845
– EDUCATE educated …1818 Sc.
– FAR-LEARNED well-educated, well-informed …1875 Eng. dial.
– LETTERED learned, literate, educated …1303
– MAST-FED irregularly educated …1912 Amer. dial.
– SCHOOL-LARED educated …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
educated – person
– HIGHBROW a clever person; a highly intellectual or cultured person; a person with sophisticated taste; a snob; an educated person …1898 orig. US
– PERCY (derogatory) an educated man; an officer …1961 military sl.
educated – verbs 
– TALK LIKE A BOOK to appear well-educated and literate …E19 sl.
educated – phrases
– DROOLIN’ WITH SCHOOLIN’ well-educated …Bk1947 Amer. sl.
 
EDUCATING – adjectives
– EDUCATORY that has an educating influence …1845
 
EDUCATION – adjectives
– EDDICATION education …1838 Sc.
– EDUCATIONABLE * capable of receiving education …1859
– EDUCATIONAL † due to or arising from education …1652
– EDUCATIONARY concerned with education …1879
– EIDICATION education …1838 Sc.
– HEURISTIC pert. to heurism (see nouns) in education …L19
education – nouns 
– BOOKING education derived from books or schooling …1974 Amer. dial.
– BOOK-LARE education; knowledge gained from books …Bk1911 Sc.
– BOOK-LEAR education; knowledge gained from books …Bk1911 Sc.
– BREEDING education; good breeding …1911 Sc.
– EDGEMCATION education …1833 Amer. dial.
– EDUMACATION education …1969 Amer. dial.
– HEURISM the educational process or principle of training pupils to discover things for themselves …E20
– LAIR learning, knowledge; education …1790 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
– LARE learning, knowledge; education …1790 N. Eng. dial.
– PAEDEUTICS the science or art of education …1864
– PAIDEUTICS the science or art of education …1864
– SCHOOL-LARE education …1895 Eng. dial.
– TIGHT † good breeding; behaviour; bringing up, rearing, training, education …c888
education – person
– EDUCATEE one who is subjected to the process of education …1815 nonce word
– HALF-SCHOLAR † one who is imperfectly taught …Bk1895
– MODERNIST * a person who advocates the teaching of modern subjects, rather than the classical languages and literature …1856 Brit. education usage
– MODERNIZER † a person who advocates the teaching of modern subjects, rather than the classical languages and literature …1889 Brit. education usage
– MONTESSORIAN an advocate of practitioner of Montessori teaching methods (a child-centred educational system devised by Maria Montessori, which emphasizes the individual development of young children through free but guided play with apparatus designed to encourage curiosity and sense perception; hence generally, designating any non-traditional teaching method, system, etc., that seeks to develop natural interests and abilities in young children, esp. through experiential learning)  …1934
education – verbs 
– EDUCATIONIZE * to subject to education …1835
 
EEL – nouns
– BUTTERFISH a moray eel …1878 Amer. dial.
– DERRYFIELD BEEF eels …1939 Amer. dial.
– EELATOR a small eel …1891 Eng. dial.
– EELIE-ALLIE the young of the eel …1913 Sc.
– EELO an eel …1880 Sc.
– EELY-EELY-ATOR a small eel …1891 Eng. dial.
– ELVER a young eel …1755 Eng. dial.
– OLIVER a small eel …1879 Eng. dial.
– PACKIE a very small eel …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– PACK-NEEDLE a very small eel …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– SCAFFLING an eel …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
– SCRIGGLER a wriggling creature; an eel …1895 Eng. dial.
– TOMMY STEELES eels …20C rhyming sl.
– VALSEN † freshwater eels …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– WATTY † an eel …B1900 Sc.
– YAA an eel …1887 Sc.
– YAW an eel …1887 Sc.
eel – person
– PALINGMAN † a man who deals in eels …1475
 
EERIE – adjectives
– OORIE apprehensive, uneasy, affected by a feeling of the supernatural; superstitiously afraid; in dread of spirits, eerie …1877 Sc.
– OORLICK of things: sad and depressing, eerie …1922 Sc.
– POKEY spooky, scary, eerie …1858 Amer. dial.
– POKY spooky, scary, eerie …1858 Amer. dial.
– SPOOKY eerie and supernatural; frightening …1854 sl., orig. US
– WANCHANCIE eerie, uncanny …1768 Sc.
– WANCHANCY eerie, uncanny …1768 Sc.
 
EERINESS – nouns
– ELDRITCHERY eeriness …1950 Sc.
 
EFFECT – adjectives
– OPERANT that operates, works, or produces effects; operative …1602
effect – nouns
– AFTER-CAST consequences, effect, what may ensue …Bk1898 Sc.
– AFTERCOME what comes after, effect, consequence …1825 Sc. 
– BANG a startling or sudden effect …colloq.
– BLIP a temporary effect, esp. one that is unwanted …1975 UK sl.
– EFFICACE † effect, result, consequence …a1491
– EFFICACY power or capacity to produce effects …1527
effect – verbs 
– EFFICIATE †* to effect, to bring about …1612
 
EFFECTIVE – adjectives
– AFFECTUOUS †* influential, effective, successful …1674
– DANGEROUS extremely effective or impressive …1984 US sl.
– DEEDFUL full of action or deeds, effective …1842
– DYNAMIC active, potent, energetic, effective, forceful …1856
– DYNAMIZED rendered more dynamic or effective; energized, invigorated …1920
– EFFECTUOUS † efficacious, effective …c1400
– EFFICABLE †* efficacious, effective …1607
– EFFICACE † that produces the intended or appropriate effect; effective …a1500
– EFFICACIOUS that produces the intended or appropriate effect; effective …1528
– PUNCHY full of punch or vigour; forceful; being or appearing vigorously effective …20C sl.
– SICKER certain of its effect; effective, sure …1338
– SUBSTANTIOUS † weighty, important; solid, firm; effective …1483 chiefly Sc.
– SUFFISANT † satisfactory in quality or efficacy; effective …1340
effective – nouns
– ACE IN THE HOLE, AN something effective in reserve 
effective – person 
– HALER,  HAYLER one who works or does anything energetically and effectively …1870 Eng. dial.
– WORLD-BEATER a very effective person; a winner; a champion …1893 Amer. sl.
effective – verbs
– EFFECTIVATE to render effective; to effectuate …1717 Sc.
– FADE to lose or cause to lose power and effectiveness …1450
– FILL THE BILL to be very effective, or competent …c1885
 
EFFECTIVELY – adverbs
– DEEDFULLY actively, effectively …1615
– EFFECTUOUSLY † effectively, with powerful effect …a1400
– EFFICACIOUSLY effectively …1647
 
EFFECTIVENESS – nouns
– EFFICACE † efficacy, effectiveness …a1225
– EFFICACIOUSNESS effectiveness …1630
– EFFICACITY n. effectiveness, efficacy …1430-50
– EFFICIENCE effectiveness, efficacy …1865 arch.
 
EFFECTUAL – adjectives
– EFFECTFULL † effectual …1555
– OPERATORIOUS †* producing, or capable of producing an effect, effectual; concerned with action, practical …a1555
– OPERATORY † producing an effect; effectual; concerned with action, practical …a1556
effectual – verbs 
– EFFECT † to have an effect, to be effectual; to accomplish its purpose …1592
 
EFECTUALITY – nouns
– OPERATIVITY * power to work or produce effects; effectuality, efficacy …Bk1909
 
EFFECTUALLY – adverbs
– FECKLY † effectually, indeed …c1680 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
– FECTUALLY † effectually …c1485
 
EFFEMINACY – nouns
– LADYNESS effeminacy …1785
– MINT effeminacy …1950s US gay sl.
– MISS MOLLYISM effeminacy …E18 sl.
– MISS-NANCYISM effeminacy …E19 sl.
– MOLLITUDE † softness, tenderness, weakness, effeminacy …1656 
– WANTONNESS † effeminacy, foppish affectation …c1386
effeminacy – verbs 
– CAMP IT UP to overdo effeminacy …E20 sl.
 
EFFEMINATE – adjectives
– AIRISH effeminate in manner …1968 Amer. dial.
– AIRY effeminate in manner …1968 Amer. dial.
– BAKER-KNEED effeminate …17C sl.
– BAKER-LEGGED effeminate …17C sl.
– CAMP effeminate, affected, exaggerated; the general image is that of limp-wristed homosexuality …M19 sl.
– CAMPING effeminate, affected, exaggerated; the general image is that of limp-wristed homosexuality …M19 sl.
– CAMPISH effeminate, affected, exaggerated; the general image is that of limp-wristed homosexuality …M19 sl.
– CAMPY of a homosexual man: given to often humorously exaggerated feminine mannerisms; blatantly effeminate …1941 Amer. sl.
– CANDY of a person: soft, weak, effeminate …1910s US sl.
– EFFEMININE effeminate …1967 Amer. dial.
– FAG effeminate; also used of objects i.e. lacking power …1950s sl.
– FAGGISH effeminate, blatantly homosexual …1958 US sl.
– FAGGOTTY effeminate; homosexual …1928 Amer. dial.
– FAGGOTY effeminate; homosexual, esp. in an overt way; used derisively …1927 Amer. sl.
– FAGGOTY-ASSED effeminate, homosexual …1920s sl.
– FAGGY effeminate, blatantly homosexual …1949 US sl.
– FAIRY effeminate, homosexual …1920s sl.
– FEMINATE †* resembling a woman, effeminate; female, feminine …a1533
– FLITTY homosexual, obviously effeminate …M20 US sl.
– FUNNY of a man: homosexual, effeminate; of a woman: lesbian …1930s sl.
– GOO-GOO effeminate …1960s US sl.
– HAIRY FAIRY of a man: effeminate to some degree …1978 UK sl.
– JEMMY-JESSAMY dandified, foppish, effeminate …1786
– LA effeminate …1960s US homosexual sl.
– LAA-DEE-LAA effeminate, affected …L19 sl.
– LACY effeminate; girlish …1941 US sl.
– LA-DEE-DA effeminate, affected …L19 sl.
– LA-DI-DA effeminate, affected …L19 sl.
– LA-DI-DAH effeminate, affected …M19 sl.
– LADY effeminate …2003 UK homosexual sl.
– LAH-DI-DAH effeminate, affected …L19 sl.
– LIGHT IN THE LOAFERS of men: effeminate or homosexual …1967 Amer. sl.
– LIGHT ON HIS FEET pert. to an effeminate male …M20 US sl.
– LIMP-WRIST weak; effeminate; homosexual …1950s sl.,  orig. US
– LIMP-WRISTED of men: effeminate; soft; weak; homosexual; usually derisive …1957 US sl.
– MAHU of a man: effeminate, homosexual …1938 Hawaii
– MANLESS † unmanly, effeminate …a1529
– MEACOCK † effeminate, cowardly, timorous, spiritless …1587
​- MEEDISH of a man: effeminate; of a woman: prudish …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– MEERISH effeminate; insipid …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– MINIKIN small, delicate; neat; effeminate; puny, undersized …Bk1903 Eng. dial.  
– MINIKIN-FINIKIN delicate, effeminate …1876 Eng. dial.
– MINIONETTE †* small and pretty; delicate, dainty, effeminate …1749
– MISS NANCYISH effeminate …E19 sl.
– MISS-NANCYFIED effeminate …E19 sl.
– NAMBY-PAMBY of persons: inclined to weak sentimentality, affected daintiness, or childish simplicity; of a weak or trifling character; effeminate; overnice …1774
– NANCY effeminate; homosexual …1937 Brit. sl.
– NANCYING effeminate …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– NELLIE, NELLY effeminate, affected, fussy, silly …1960 colloq.
– NELLY-ASSED effeminate …1963 US sl.
– NESH delicate in health, weakly, sickly, susceptible to cold; effeminate …1691 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– PANSIFIED effeminate; homosexual …20C US sl.
– PANSY (derogatory) effeminate, homosexual …1929 sl.
– PANSY-ASS effeminate, weak …2002 US sl.
– PANTY-ASSED effeminate; homosexual …1970s US sl.
– PANTYWAIST timid; weak; effeminate; sissified …1930s sl.
– POOSHEY, POOSHIE, POOSHY cowardly; effeminate …1960s Ulster sl.
– PUSHIE cowardly; effeminate …1960s Ulster sl.
– QUEANIE effeminate; soft …c1910 Aust. sl.
– QUEANISH effeminate …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– QUEANY effeminate; soft …c1910 Aust. sl.
– QUEENY flamboyant and effeminate; blatantly homosexual …1936 homosexual sl.
– QUEER (disparaging and offensive) effeminate, unmanly …sl.
– QUEER AS DUCK SOUP ostentatiously homosexual or effeminate …1940s US sl.
– SAPSY effeminate …1936 Sc.
– SILKEN effeminate, luxurious …1599
– SISSIFIED …1846 US sl.
– SISSY; CISSY …1846 US sl.
– SMICKER † of men: finical, effeminate …B1900
– SWISHY homosexual; effeminate …1941 US sl.
– WANTON † petulant; unruly; hence, self-indulgent, effeminate, luxurious …1538
– WEAK-WRISTED weak; effeminate; homosexual …1950s sl.,  orig. US
– WHITE-SHOE (derogatory) effeminate …1957 sl., chiefly US
– WRISTY weak; effeminate; homosexual …1950s sl.,  orig. US
– WUSSY cowardly, weak, effeminate, timid, passive …1970s sl.
effeminate – person
– ANTIMAN, AUNTIE-MAN an effeminate man …1940s W. Indies sl.
– BABY-FACE a person with a smooth rounded face like a baby’s; one with an innocent-looking face – an effeminate man …a1700 
– BADLING † an effeminate or homosexual man …a1000 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– BAIT an effeminate male who receives unwanted attention from male homosexuals …1965 US sl.
– BAMSIE-MAN an effeminate man …1996 W. Indies
– B & P an effeminate young man (Boulton and Park) …L19 sl.
– BATTY an effeminate male …2006 UK sl.
– BEANPEA an effeminate young man …Bk1909 UK sl.
– BEAUTY MAN * a beautiful man, esp. one who is effeminate; a fop, a dancy …1800
– BERTHA a nickname for a tall, heavyset man, esp. if effeminate …1966 US homosexual sl.
– BETSY an effeminate man …1849 UK sl.
– BIG BERTHA a nickname for a tall, heavyset man, esp. if effeminate …1966 US homosexual sl.
– BIG GIRL (derogatory) an effeminate male …Bk2000 Aust. sl.
– BIG GIRL’S BLOUSE a weak, cowardly, timid, or oversensitive man; an ineffectual person; an effeminate male …1969 UK sl.
– BIG WOMAN a very effeminate man …Bk1972 homosexual sl.
– BIRDIE an effeminate male; a sissy …1921-25 US sl.
– BITCH an effeminate male, supposedly the ‘passive’ partner in a homosexual couple; a male prostitute …1726 homosexual & prison sl.
– BITCH-ASS NIGGA a weak, effeminate, or soft male who can  be easily victimized …1995 US Black teen sl.
– BUTTERFLY 1. an effeminate weakling …L19 sl.
2. an effeminate male homosexual …1950s sl.
– BUTTERFLY BOY an effeminate male homosexual …1950s sl.
– CAKE-EATER a self-indulgent or effeminate young man, who may or may not be homosexual; one who is quite comfortable at fussy tea parties …1916 US sl.
– CANDY ANKLE a weak or effeminate man …1938 Amer. dial.
– CANDY BOY a sweet or well-behaved person; hence, a sissy; an effeminate or cowardly person …1901 US sl.
– CANDY COCK a sweet or well-behaved person; hence, a sissy; an effeminate or cowardly person …1925 US sl.
– CANDY KID a sweet or well-behaved person; hence, a sissy; an effeminate or cowardly person …1905 US sl.
– CAPON a homosexual male; a pederast; an effeminate male …M20 US sl.
– CHARLEY-BOY, CHARLIE BOY a soft or effeminate young man …1896 US sl.
– CHORUS BOY an effeminate young man …20C US sl.
– CREAM PUFF an effeminate male …1945 US sl.
– CUT PUSS an effeminate male …20C Caribbean sl.
– DAFFADILE a silly, showy woman; a delicate, effeminate man …1821 Eng. dial.
– DAFFODIL 1. a silly, showy woman; a delicate, effeminate man …1821 Eng. dial.
  2. an effeminate young woman …1935 US sl.
– DAFFYDIL an effeminate young woman …1935 US sl.
– DAISY an effeminate man, esp. an effeminate homosexual man; used derisively …1944 US sl
– DAMMARET † a lady’s man; ‘one that spends his whole time in the entertaining or courting of women’ …1635
– DANDY an effeminate male; a homosexual male …M19 sl.
– DANGLER an effeminate male who prefers female company; the inference is of homosexuality …L18 sl.
– DILDO(E) an effeminate male …20C US sl.
– DING-A-LING an effeminate man …1965 Amer. dial.
– DUCKEY an effeminate male …20C US sl.
– ETHEL (derogatory) a nickname for an effeminate male or a homosexual male …1920s US sl.
– FADDLE an affected and very effeminate male; a homosexual man …19C
– FAG an effeminate fellow; generally used derisively …1932 Amer. sl.
– FAG-BAIT an effeminate boy or man; used derisively …1974 Amer. sl.
– FAGGOT an effeminate, weak, or cowardly fellow; generally used contemptuously …1914 Amer. sl.
– FAGGY (frequently derogatory) an effeminate or homosexual male …1965 Amer. dial.
– FAGOCITE an effeminate boy or man …1930s Amer. sl.
– FAGOLA a male homosexual; an effeminate male; used derisively …1961 US sl.
– FAIZART a puny, effeminate man; a weakling, a coward; an impudent fellow; a shameless person …1721 Sc.
– FAZARD a puny, effeminate man; a weakling, a coward; an impudent fellow …1721 Sc.
– FEM an effeminate man …1969 Amer. dial.
– FLIT an effeminate man …Bk1942 US sl.
– FLUFF an effeminate male …Bk1942 US sl.
– FLUTER an effeminate fellow …Bk1934 college sl.
– FRUIT an effeminate male; a male homosexual; used derisively …1900 US sl.
– FRUITBAR an effeminate male; a male homosexual …1976 US sl.
– FRUITY an effeminate male; a male homosexual …1953 US sl.
– FUFF an effeminate male …Bk1942 US sl.
– GABY an effeminate man; a homosexual …1922 UK sl.
– GAL-BOY a feminine young man; hence, an effeminate (young) homosexual); a prison catamite …1881 sl.
– GATHA an effeminate fellow who concerns himself in women’s business …Bk1910 Ireland
– GENTLE ANNIE an effeminate man …1954 Sc.
– GIRL an effeminate man; a sissy …1862
– GIRL-BOY an effeminate or homosexual boy or man; a sissy; also used as a general insult …1589
– GIRL-GETTER an effeminate male …Bk1904 sl.
– GIRLIE a nickname for an effeminate boy …1924 sl.
– GIRLIE-MAN a weak or effeminate man; a sissy, a wimp …1940 colloq., orig. & chiefly US
– GIRL’S BLOUSE a weakling; an ineffectual person; an effeminate male  …1969 UK sl.
– GIRLY-MON an effeminate, unassertive, or weak man …Bk1994 teen & high school sl. 
– GUSSIE an affected and/or effeminate man …c1890 Aust. sl.
– HE-CANARY an effeminate man …1914 US sl.
– HEN-COCK an effeminate or homosexual man …c1850 UK criminals’ sl.
– HEN-HUSBAND a man who busies himself with women’s household affairs; an effeminate man …1960 Amer. dial.
– HEN HUSSY a man who is seen to be over involved in household affairs and similar ‘women’s concerns’; hence, an effeminate man …1887 Eng. & Amer. dial.
– HENNESSY a man who busies himself with women’s household affairs; an effeminate man …1890 Amer. dial.
– HERMAPHRODITE an effeminate man or virile woman …1594
– HE-SHE † an effeminate person …a1661
– JAISY an effeminate male; a homosexual male …20C Brit. sl.
– JANE an effeminate or homosexual man …1940s sl.
– JELLY BEAN (derogatory) a silly, weak, inexperienced, or effeminate person …1919 Amer. dial.
– JEMMY-JESSAMY an effeminate or great fop, a dandy …1753
– JENNY a womanish man …Sc.
– JESSIE an effeminate or namby-pamby man or boy …Sc. colloq.
– JOE-BOY an effeminate male …Bk1942 US sl.
– JOEY an effeminate male …Bk1942 US sl.
– KAIL-WIFE an effeminate man …1959 Sc.
– KATIE a term of contempt for an effeminate man …1923 Sc.
– KEEK-A-BESSY an effeminate man; a sissy …c1850 Sc.
– LAD-LASS an effeminate male, possibly a male homosexual …20C Eng. dial.
– LADYFINGER a weak or effeminate fellow; a cowardly man …1942 US sl.
– LARRY an effeminate or homosexual man …1990s UK juvenile sl.
– LEMON-SUCKER a prissy or effeminate man or boy; also, a sour-faced individual …1922 Amer. sl.
– LIMP WRIST an effeminate man, almost always homosexual …1950 US sl.
– LIZZIE an effeminate young man …1905 sl.
– LIZZIE BOY an effeminate young man …1905 sl.
– MACO, MAKO an effeminate man …20C W. Indies sl.
– MAHU an effeminate or homosexual man …1938 Hawaii
– MAMMADAY † a term of contempt’ a ‘milksop’; an effeminate man …1589
– MAMMIEKEEKIE an effeminate man …1962 Sc.
– MAMPALA an effeminate man; a homosexual man who plays the female role in sex …20C W. Indies sl.
– MAMPALA-MAN an effeminate man; a homosexual man who plays the female role in sex …20C W. Indies sl.
– MAPARLA an effeminate man; a homosexual man who plays the female role in sex …20C W. Indies sl.
– MAPARLA-MAN an effeminate man; a homosexual man who plays the female role in sex …20C W. Indies sl.
– MARY ANN (derogatory) an effeminate or homosexual boy or man; used contemptuously …1882 sl.
– MASTER-MISS † an effeminate youth …1754
– MAUD a woman or an effeminate man …1896 Amer. sl.
– MEACOCK † a silly effeminate fellow; a spiritless or timorous fellow; a coward, a weakling; a henpecked husband …1526
– MISS CUBBA an effeminate man …20C sl.
– MISS JANE an effeminate man …1950s W. Indies
– MISS MAUD an effeminate man …1896 Amer. sl.
– MISS MOLLY an effeminate man or boy, esp. a homosexual; usually used derisively …1754 sl.
– MISS NANCY an effeminate man, presumably a homosexual ….E19 sl.
– MO (derogatory) an effeminate male; a homosexual …1968 sl., chiefly students’ usage
– MOFFIE a homosexual male; a man perceived to be effeminate …1959 S. Afr. sl.
– MOFFRY a weak, effeminate man …1996 W. Indies
– MOLKIT an effeminate boy …Bk1852 Eng. dial.
– MOLL a soft or weak person; an effeminate man …a1425
– MOLL-CODDLE †* a person, usually a male, who is mollycoddled or pampered in an overindulgent or excessively protective way; an effeminate man or boy; a milksop; also a man who performs work typically associated with women, or who concerns himself with domestic affairs (Eng. dial.) …1853
– MOLL-CODLIN a mollycoddle; a man who does a woman’s work; an effeminate boy …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– MOLL-COT an effeminate man; one who will potter about and do women’s work …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– MOLLEY an effeminate fellow …Bk1895 Aust. criminals’ sl.
– MOLLICOT a soft, effeminate man; one who will potter about and do women’s work …Bk1886 Eng. dial.
– MOLLY an effeminate man or boy, esp. a homosexual; usually used derisively …1693 sl.
– MOLLY-BOY an effeminate or homosexual man …E18 sl.
– MOLLY-CAUDLE an effeminate man; a man who intrudes into women’s household affairs; a mollycoddle …Bk1880 Eng. dial.
– MOLLYCODDLE a man or boy who is used to being coddled; an effeminate man …1833 colloq.
– MOLLY-CODDLES an effeminate person, esp. a boy; one who takes excessive care of his health; a valetudinarian …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– MOLLY-CODLIN an effeminate person, esp. a boy; one who takes excessive care of his health; a valetudinarian …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– MOLLY-CULL an effeminate man; a male homosexual …L17 sl.
– MOLLY FELLOW an effeminate man or boy …Bk1922
– MOLLY MOP † an effeminate man or boy; a homosexual man; also, a man who performs work typically associated with women, or who concerns himself with women’s affairs …1829 sl.
– MOPHY an effeminate man …1960 sl., chiefly S. Afr.
– MOTHER’S BOY a boy or man who is excessively influenced by, or attached to, his mother; a sissy; a man who is effeminate, weak of character, lacking in courage or conviction; also, a boy or man who resembles his mother …1862
– MOUSE a timid or effeminate man …1693 UK sl.
– NAMBY-PAMBY a weakly sentimental person; a feeble or effeminate person; an overly nice person …1885
– NAN-BOY an effeminate man …1691 sl.
– NANCE (disparaging) an effeminate male …1910 US sl.
– NANCY (derogatory) a male homosexual; an effeminate man …1904 sl.
– NANCY-BOY an effeminate male …L17
– NANCY DAWSON an effeminate male; a homosexual male …L19 Brit.
– NANCY HOMEY an effeminate male; a homosexual male …19C Brit.
– NANCY OMEY an effeminate man …L19 sl.
– NANNY a weak-willed, priggish, or effeminate fellow; a sissy …1947 Amer. sl.
– NELLY (derogatory) an effeminate or homosexual man; generally, a silly, ineffectual, or fussy person; a sissy …1931 colloq.
– NESCOCK an effeminate man who stays much at home; a man who has never travelled; a delicate, spiritless, or timid person …1775 colloq.
– NESTCOCK † an effeminate man who stays much at home; a man who has never travelled; a delicate, spiritless, or timid person …1674
– NESTLE-COCK an effeminate man who stays much at home; a man who has never travelled; a delicate, spiritless, or timid person …1662 colloq.
– NICELING † an effeminate, tender, or delicate person …1549
– NIMFADORO †* an effeminate man …1600 
​- NO BULL-FIGHTER an effeminate male; a sissy …E20 US sl.
– NO-NUTS an effeminate male; a wimp; a wuss …Aust. sl.
– ONE OF THE BOYS an effeminate male …20C US colloq.
– PALONE (derogatory) an effeminate man …1969 sl.
– PANSIE, PANSY (derogatory) an effeminate and/or homosexual man …1910s sl.
– PANSY-BOY (derogatory) an effeminate man …1976 Aust. sl.
– PANTYMAN an effeminate heterosexual man; a homosexual man …1993 Trinidad and Tobago
– PAP-MOUTH a soft, effeminate man; a childish boy or girl …1895 Eng. dial.
– PANTYWAIST a weak, effeminate man …1936 sl., orig. US
– PEE-WILLY an effeminate male …c1925 Can. sl.
– PERCY (derogatory) a weak or effeminate man; a conscientious objector …1916 sl.
– POLLYDODDLE an effeminate man; one who busies himself with woman’s or household work …1894 Eng. dial.
– POLONE (derogatory) an effeminate man …1969 sl.
– POLONY (derogatory) an effeminate man …1969 sl.
– PONCE (derogatory) a male homosexual; an effeminate man …1932 Brit. sl.
– POOF (derogatory) a male homosexual; an effeminate man …1860 sl.
– POOSHIE an effeminate man …Irish sl.
– POOVE (derogatory) a male homosexual; an effeminate man …1860 sl.
– POUF(F) (derogatory) a male homosexual; an effeminate man …1860 sl.
– POWDER PUFF an effeminate male …E20 US sl.
– PRETTY-BOY (mainly derogatory) a male homosexual; an effeminate man …1885 sl.
– PUFF a fop; an effeminate male; a homosexual male …19C Brit. sl.
– PUNCE an effeminate male; a homosexual male …20C Aust. sl.
– PUSHIE an effeminate man …Irish sl.
– PUSSY a male homosexual; an effeminate man or boy …1942 sl.
– QUEANIE an effeminate man …c1910 Aust. sl.
– QUEEN an effeminate male, not necessarily a homosexual male …E20 US sl.
– QUEERBAIT an effeminate young boy who attracts, or is supposed to attract, older male homosexuals …1950s sl.
– QUICHE-EATER a sensitive man; an effeminate male …1984 US sl.
– QUILT a timid, effeminate man …20C sl.
– QUINCE an effeminate male; a homosexual, esp. one who can be both active and passive …1941 Aust. sl.
– RALPH an effeminate, timid, or plain and undistinguished man …1950s homosexual sl.
– SAFTIE a weak-minded, timid or effeminate person; a simpleton; a ‘softie’ …1866 Sc.
– SAMMY a simpleton, a fool; an ill-natured fellow; an effeminate weakling; a lunatic …1876 Eng. dial.
– SAPHEAD an effeminate man …Bk1914 Amer. dial.
– SAPPY an effeminate man …Bk1889 Amer. dial.
– SHIM an effeminate or passive male homosexual, a transvestite …1975 sl.
– SISSY an effeminate boy or man, esp. a homosexual; a coward …1879 US sl.
– SISSY-BREECHES a sissy; an effeminate boy or man …c1960 Amer. dial.
– SISSY-BRITCHES a sissy; an effeminate boy or man …1946 Amer. dial.
– SISSY-PANTS a sissy; an effeminate boy or man …1947 Amer. dial.
– SNIPPER-SNAPPER † a small, insignificant, conceited fellow; an impertinent youth; an effeminate young fellow …c1590 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– SOFT SOLES a soft effeminate man …1824 Sc.
– SPOONEY, SPOONY an effeminate young man, possibly homosexual …M19 sl.
– SWISH (derogatory) a male homosexual; an effeminate man …1941 US sl.
– THITHY an effeminate male …20C US sl.
– TINKLE-TINKLE an effeminate man …1910s Aust. sl.
– TOM MOLLY an effeminate man; a male homosexual …L17 sl.
– TONK an effeminate, weak, or ineffectual person …Aust. sl.
– TOWHEAD n. one who is considered effeminate; a ‘city-slicker’ …M19 US Western sl.
– TRISS an effeminate male, or a male homosexual …1953 Aust. sl.
– TWIDDLEPOOP an effeminate-looking fellow …1834 sl.
– TWINK (derogatory) a male homosexual; an effeminate man …1963 US sl.
– TWINKIE, TWINKY (derogatory) a male homosexual; an effeminate man …1963 US sl.
– WEAK SISTER an effeminate fellow …Bk1934 college sl.
– WEENY (derogatory) an effeminate man …1963 US sl.
– WET NOODLE an effeminate male …20C US colloq.
– WHOOPS BOY an effeminate male …M20 US sl.
– WILLIE-WALLOCK a contemptuous term for a feeble-spirited, effeminate man …1937 Sc.
– WILLY BOY an effeminate, dandified young man …Bk1934 US college sl.
– WILLY-WALLIE an affected effeminate man …1822 Sc.
– WOMAN an effeminate male …M20 US sl.
– WONK (derogatory) a male homosexual; an effeminate man …1945 Aust. sl.
– ZAMMY a simpleton, a fool; an ill-natured fellow; an effeminate weakling; a lunatic …1876 Eng. dial.
effeminate – verbs
– CAMP IT UP to overdo effeminacy ; to act too effeminate in public …Bk2006 US sl.
– EFFEMINIZE * to render effeminate or womanish in character or appearance …c1612
– EMOLLIATE to soften, to weaken, to render effeminate …1802
– NANCE to behave in an exaggeratedly feminine fashion …1968 US sl.
– NELLY to act in an effeminate manner …2000s sl.
– NELLY OUT to act in an effeminate manner …2000s sl.
– PANSY of a homosexual man: to act in an overtly effeminate manner …1960s US sl.
– PANSY UP to dress or adorn affectedly or effeminately …1946 sl.
– PONCE ABOUT to behave in an effeminate way …1954 sl.
– QUARM of a man: to behave in an exaggerated, effeminate manner …1982 Bahamas
– QUEEN to act in an effeminate manner; to pose ostentatiously …1970s sl.
– QUICHE OUT to concede defeat in a cowardly manner; to behave in a weak and effeminate manner …2006 UK sl.
– WRECK to exaggerate one’s effeminacy deliberately as a shock tactic …1960s gay sl.
effeminate – phrases
– HE’S NO BULL-FIGHTER he’s effeminate, or a sissy … E20 US sl.
 
EFFEMINATELY – adverbs
– CAMP in an effeminate, affected, exaggerated manner …1970s US gay sl.
 
EFFERVESCE – verbs
– WAKEN to stir up; to cause to effervesce …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
 
EFFERVESCENCE – nouns
– BUBBLEMENT effervescence …1890
– EBULLITION rapid formation of bubbles; effervescence …1646
 
EFFERVESCENT – adjectives
– SPEWY * frothy, effervescent …1743
 
EFFETE – person
– COOKIE-DIPPER an effete man who frequents tea parties or the like …1958 Amer. sl.