Reverse Dictionary: 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.
► CISSY ► SISSY effeminate → 1846 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 ► FAGGOTY effeminate; homosexual, esp. in an overt way; used derisively → 1927 Amer. sl.
► FAGGOTY-ASSED effeminate, homosexual → 1920s sl.
► FAGGY effeminate, blatantly homosexual → 1949 sl., orig. US
► FAIRY effeminate, homosexual → 1925 sl.
► FEMINATE resembling a woman, effeminate; female, feminine → a1533 obs.
► FEMMER effeminate → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► 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 ► LA-DEE-DA ► LA-DI-DA ► LA-DI-DAH ► LAH-DI-DAH effeminate, affected → M19 sl.
► LACY effeminate; girlish → 1941 US sl.
► LADY effeminate → 2003 UK homosexual sl.
► LASSIE-LIKE girlish, effeminate → 1894 Sc.
► LIGHT IN THE LOAFERS of men: effeminate or homosexual → 1967 Amer. sl.
► LIGHT ON ONE’S FEET pert. to effeminacy in a male → 1970 US students’ sl. (Bk.)
► 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 obs.
► MEACOCK effeminate, cowardly, timorous, spiritless → 1587 obs.
​► MEEDISH of a man: effeminate; of a woman: prudish → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► MEERISH effeminate; insipid → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► MINIKIN small, delicate; neat; effeminate; puny, undersized → 1903 Eng. dial.   (Bk.)
► MINIKIN-FINIKIN delicate, effeminate → 1876 Eng. dial.
► MINIONETTE small and pretty; delicate, dainty, effeminate → 1749 obs.
► MINTY effeminate in mannerism, if not actually homosexual → 1960 sl.
► MISS NANCYISH effeminate → E19 sl.
► MISS-NANCYFIED effeminate; prim → E19 sl.
► MULIEBRIOUS effeminate; feminine → 1652
► NAMBY-PAMBY of persons: inclined to weak sentimentality, affected daintiness, or childish simplicity; of a weak or trifling character; effeminate; overnice → 1774
► NANCE effeminate, homosexual → 1924 sl.
► NANCIFIED effeminate; acting in a homosexual manner → 1918 sl.
► NANCY effeminate, usually homosexual → 1909 sl. (Bk.)
► NANCYING effeminate → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► NELLIE ► NELLY extremely, even outrageously, effeminate → 1963 US sl.
► NELLY-ASSED effeminate → 1963 US homosexual sl.
► NESH delicate in health, weakly, sickly, susceptible to cold; effeminate → 1691 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► PANSIFIED effeminate; homosexual → 20C US sl.
► PANSY effeminate, homosexual → 1929 sl., derogatory
► PANSY-ASS effeminate, weak → 2002 US sl.
► PANTY-ASSED effeminate; homosexual → 1970s US sl.
► PANTYWAIST timid; weak; effeminate; sissified → 1930s sl.
► PONCED-UP made overly elaborate, fancy, or effeminate; dressed up ostentatiously → 1970 sl., derogatory
► PONCY affected, pretentious, self-consciously refined or superior; overly fancy or elaborate; effeminate, homosexual → 1937 sl., derogatory
► POOFED-UP dressed in an affected or effeminate manner → 1964 sl., chiefly derogatory
► POOFY designating a homosexual man; effeminate → 1956 sl., usually derogatory
► POOSHEY ► POOSHIE ► POOSHY ► PUSHIE cowardly; effeminate → 1960s Ulster sl.
► PUSSIFIED effeminate; made into a sissy → 1967 Amer. dial.
► PUSSY effeminate, implying homosexuality → 1960 sl.
► QUEANIE ► QUEANY effeminate; soft → c1910 Aust. sl.
► QUEANISH effeminate → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► QUEENY flamboyant and effeminate; blatantly homosexual → 1936 homosexual sl.
► QUEER effeminate, unmanly → sl., disparaging & offensive
► QUEER AS DUCK SOUP ostentatiously homosexual or effeminate → 1940s US sl.
► SAPSY effeminate → 1936 Sc.
► SHE-SHE effeminate → 1970 W. Indies
► SILKEN effeminate, luxurious → 1599
► SISSIFIED → 1846 US sl.
► SMICKER of men: finical, effeminate → 19C obs.
► SMOCK-FACED having a pale smooth face; effeminate-looking → 1693
► SWISHY homosexual; effeminate → 1941 US sl.
► WANTON petulant; unruly; hence, self-indulgent, effeminate, luxurious → 1538 obs.
► WEAK-WRISTED weak; effeminate; homosexual → 1950s sl.,  orig. US
► WHITE-SHOE effeminate → 1957 sl., chiefly US, derogatory
► WRISTY weak; effeminate; homosexual → 1950s sl.,  orig. US
► WUSSY cowardly, weak, effeminate, timid, passive → 1970s sl.

ADVERBS
► CAMP in an effeminate, affected, exaggerated manner → 1970s US homosexual sl.

NOUNS
► FINE APPAREL effeminate looking clothing worn by a man → 1970 US students’ sl. (Bk.)
► LADYNESS effeminacy → 1785
► MINT effeminacy → 1950s US homosexual sl.
► MISS MOLLYISM effeminacy → E18 sl.
► MISS-NANCYISM effeminacy → E19 sl.
► MOLLITUDE softness, tenderness, weakness, effeminacy → 1656 obs.
► MULIEBRIOUSNESS effeminacy → 1652 obs.
► NANCITUDE effeminacy → 1936 sl.
► WANTONNESS effeminacy, foppish affectation → c1386 obs.

NOUNS – PERSON
► ANDY PANDY an effeminate man, heterosexual or homosexual → 1983 UK sl.
► ANGEL FACE an effeminate man → 1949 US sl.
► ANGELINA a weakling, an effeminate person, esp. a homosexual → 1940 sl.
► ANTIMAN ► AUNTIE-MAN an effeminate man → 1940s W. Indies sl.
► AUNTIE ► AUNTY an effeminate or homosexual older male → 1996 Aust. sl. (Bk.)
► B & P an effeminate young man (Boulton and Park) → L19 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
► BATTY an effeminate male → 2006 UK sl.
► BEANPEA an effeminate young man → 1909 UK sl. (Bk.)
► 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 an effeminate male → 1996 Aust. sl., derogatory (Bk.)
► 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 → 1972 homosexual sl. (Bk.)
► 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 African-American teen sl.
► BOBBIN-TURNER a useless effeminate fellow → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► 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 person; a homosexual man → 1945 US colloq., usually depreciative usage
► CUSHION-LORD a lord made by favour, and not for good service to the state; hence, an effeminate person → 1847 obs.
► 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 obs.
► 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 ► DILDOE an effeminate male → 20C US sl.
► DING-A-LING an effeminate man → 1965 Amer. dial.
► DUCKEY an effeminate male → 20C US sl.
► ETHEL a nickname for an effeminate male or a homosexual male → 1920s US sl., derogatory
► 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 an effeminate or homosexual male → 1965 Amer. dial., frequently derogatory
► FAGOCITE an effeminate boy or man → 1930s Amer. sl.
► FAGOLA a male homosexual; an effeminate male; used derisively → 1961 US sl.
► FAGOT an effeminate man → 1926 US sl. (Bk.)
► FAIZART ► FAZARD a puny, effeminate man; a weakling, a coward; an impudent fellow; a shameless person → 1721 Sc.
► FEM an effeminate man → 1969 Amer. dial.
► FLIT an effeminate man → 1942 US sl. (Bk.)
► FLUFF an effeminate male → 1942 US sl. (Bk.)
► FLUTER an effeminate fellow → 1934 students’ sl. (Bk.)
► 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 → 1942 US sl. (Bk.)
► 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 → 1910 Ireland (Bk.)
► 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 → 1904 sl. (Bk.)
► 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 → 1994 teen & high school sl.  (Bk.)
► 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 obs.
► JAISY an effeminate male; a homosexual male → 20C Brit. sl.
► JANE an effeminate or homosexual man → 1940s sl.
► JELLY BEAN a silly, weak, inexperienced, or effeminate person → 1919 Amer. dial., derogatory
► JEMMY-JESSAMY an effeminate or great fop, a dandy → 1753
► JENNY a womanish man → Sc.
► JESSIE a cowardly or effeminate man → 1923 colloq.
► JOE-BOY an effeminate male → 1942 US sl. (Bk.)
► JOEY an effeminate male → 1942 US sl. (Bk.)
► 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.
► LASSIE-LAD an effeminate boy; a term of opprobrium amongst boys → 1881 Eng. dial.
► 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 ► 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 obs.
► MAMMIEKEEKIE an effeminate man → 1962 Sc.
► MAMPALA ► MAMPALA-MAN ► MAPARLA ► MAPARLA-MAN an effeminate man; a homosexual man who plays the female role in sex → 20C W. Indies sl.
► MARY ANN an effeminate or homosexual boy or man; used contemptuously → 1882 sl., derogatory
► MASTER-MISS an effeminate youth → 1754 obs.
► 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 obs.
► 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 an effeminate male; a homosexual → 1968 sl., chiefly students’ usage, derogatory
► 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 → 1852 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► 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 obs.
► MOLL-CODLIN a mollycoddle; a man who does a woman’s work; an effeminate boy → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► MOLL-COT an effeminate man; one who will potter about and do women’s work → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► MOLLEY an effeminate fellow → 1895 Aust. criminals’ sl. (Bk.)
► MOLLICOT a soft, effeminate man; one who will potter about and do women’s work → 1886 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► MOLL-KIT a pampered or effeminate male → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► 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 → 1880 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► 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 → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► MOLLY-CODLIN an effeminate person, esp. a boy; one who takes excessive care of his health; a valetudinarian → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► MOLLY-CULL an effeminate man; a male homosexual → L17 sl.
► MOLLY FELLOW an effeminate man or boy → 1922 (Bk.)
► 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. obs.
► 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.
► MR. MAIDEN an effeminate man; one who wears female clothing → E18 sl.
► NAMBY-PAMBY a weakly sentimental person; a feeble or effeminate person → 1885
► NAN an effeminate or homosexual male → 1693 sl.
► NAN BOY an effeminate or homosexual male → 1671 sl.
► NANCE an effeminate male or homosexual → 1910 US sl., disparaging usage
► NANCY a male homosexual; an effeminate man → 1904 sl., derogatory
► NANCY-BOY an effeminate male → L17
► NANCY DAWSON an effeminate youth, a homosexual → 1889 sl.
► NANCY HOMEY ► NANCY OMEY an effeminate male; a homosexual male → 19C Brit.
► NANNY a weak-willed, priggish, or effeminate fellow; a sissy → 1947 Amer. sl.
► NELLY an effeminate or homosexual man; generally, a silly, ineffectual, or fussy person; a sissy → 1931 colloq., derogatory
► 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 obs.
► 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 obs.
► NIMFADORO an effeminate man → 1600  obs.
​► NO BULL-FIGHTER an effeminate male; a sissy → E20 US sl.
► NO-NUTS an effeminate male; a wimp; a wuss → Aust. sl.
► NYMPH an effeminate male → 1967 US students’ sl.
► ONE OF THE BOYS an effeminate male → 20C US colloq.
► PALONE an effeminate man → 1969 sl., derogatory
► PANSIE ► PANSY an effeminate and/or homosexual man → 1910s sl., derogatory
► PANSY-BOY an effeminate man → 1976 Aust. sl., derogatory
► PANTYMAN an effeminate heterosexual man; a homosexual man → 1993 Trinidad and Tobago
► PANTYWAIST a weak, effeminate man → 1936 sl., orig. US
► PAP-MOUTH a soft, effeminate man; a childish boy or girl → 1895 Eng. dial.
► PEE-WILLY an effeminate male → c1925 Can. sl.
► PERCY a weak or effeminate man; a conscientious objector → 1916 sl., derogatory
► POLLYDODDLE an effeminate man; one who busies himself with woman’s or household work → 1894 Eng. dial.
► POLONE ► POLONY an effeminate man → 1969 sl., derogatory
► PONCE a male homosexual; an effeminate man → 1932 Brit. sl., derogatory
► POOF a homosexual man; an affected or effeminate man → 1833 sl., derogatory
► POOFTER a homosexual man; an effeminate or affected man → 1889 sl., orig. Aust., derogatory
► POOFTEROO a homosexual man; an effeminate or affected man → 1966 sl., derogatory
► POOSHIE ► PUSHIE an effeminate man → Irish sl.
► POOVE a male homosexual; an effeminate man → 1860 sl., derogatory
► POUF ► POUFF a male homosexual; an effeminate man → 1860 sl., derogatory
► POWDER PUFF an effeminate male → E20 US sl.
► PRETTY-BOY a male homosexual; an effeminate man → 1885 sl., mainly derogatory
► PUFF a fop; an effeminate male; a homosexual male → 19C Brit. sl.
► PUNCE an effeminate male; a homosexual male → 20C Aust. sl.
► PUSS a sweet or effeminate man; a weakling, a coward → 1942 chiefly US
► PUSS-GENTLEMAN a man perfumed with civet; a dandy, a fop; an effeminate man → 1782 obs.
► PUSSY a sweet or effeminate male; later; a weakling, a coward, a sissy; also, a homosexual man → 1904 sl., chiefly US
► PUSSY BUMPER an effeminate whipping boy → 1940 US criminals’ 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 → 1914 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► SAPPY an effeminate man → 1889 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► SHE-MAN a man having characteristics considered to be feminine; an unmanly or effeminate man → 1675 usually derogatory
► 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 a male homosexual; an effeminate man → 1941 US sl., derogatory
► 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 a male homosexual; an effeminate man → 1963 US sl., derogatory
► TWINKIE ► TWINKY a male homosexual; an effeminate man → 1963 US sl., derogatory
► WEAK SISTER an effeminate fellow → 1934 students’ sl. (Bk.)
► WEENY an effeminate man → 1963 US sl., derogatory
► 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 → 1934 US students’ sl. (Bk.)
► WILLY-WALLIE an affected effeminate man → 1822 Sc.
► WOMAN an effeminate male → M20 US sl.
► WONK a male homosexual; an effeminate man → 1945 Aust. sl., derogatory
► ZAMMY a simpleton, a fool; an ill-natured fellow; an effeminate weakling; a lunatic → 1876 Eng. dial.

NOUNS – PERSON – OTHER
► EFFEMINATOR a person who makes something or someone effeminate, unmanly, or enervated → 1617 obs.

PHRASES
► HE’S NO BULL-FIGHTER he’s effeminate, or a sissy →  E20 US sl.

VERBS
► CAMP IT UP to overdo effeminacy ; to act too effeminate in public → E20 sl.
► EFFEMINIZE to render effeminate or womanish in character or appearance → c1612
► EMOLLIATE to soften, to weaken, to render effeminate → 1802
► FEMALIZE to become effeminate or unmanly; to make feminine or female → 1674 obs.
► NANCE to behave in an exaggeratedly feminine fashion → 1968 US sl.
► NANCY ABOUT ► NANCY AROUND to act in an effeminate manner → 1989 sl.
► NELLIE ► NELLIE OUT ► NELLY ► NELLY OUT to act in an effeminate manner → 2001 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.
► PONCE UP to make effeminate → 1953
► POOVE to speak or behave in an effeminate or affected manner → 1971 colloq.
► 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.
► SMOCK to make effeminate or womanish → 1614 obs.
► TALK MISS NANCY to speak in an effeminate manner → 19C
► WRECK to exaggerate one’s effeminacy deliberately as a shock tactic → 1960s homosexual sl.