Antonyms for effeteness

Grammar : Noun

Spell : ih-feet

Phonetic Transcription : ɪˈfit

Definition of effeteness

Origin : 1620s, from Latin effetus (usually in fem. effeta) "exhausted, unproductive, worn out (with bearing offspring), past bearing," literally "that has given birth," from a lost verb, *efferi, from ex- "out" (see ex-) + fetus "childbearing, offspring" (see fetus). Figurative use is earliest in English; literal use is rare. Sense of "exhausted" is 1660s; that of "intellectually or morally exhausted" (1790) led to "decadent" (19c.).

As in feebleness : noun lack of strength; ineffectiveness

Example sentences :

In these things, he said, lay the greatness of America and the effeteness of England.
Extract from : « American Notes » by Rudyard Kipling

The effeteness of the Mother Country is about to be put to the proof.
Extract from : « Punch, or the London Charivari, May 6, 1914 » by Various

There was nothing to choose between them in the way of incompetence and effeteness.
Extract from : « A History of England » by Charles Oman

The Church had created art, had cherished it for centuries; and now by the effeteness of her sons she was cast into a corner.
Extract from : « The Cathedral » by Joris-Karl Huysmans

Synonyms for effeteness

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