Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
the trait of being effeminate (derogatory of a man);
- Example: "the students associated science with masculinity and arts with effeminacy"- Example: "Spartans accused Athenians of effeminateness"- Example: "he was shocked by the softness of the atmosphere surrounding the young prince, arising from the superfluity of the femininity that guided him"[syn: effeminacy, effeminateness, sissiness, softness, womanishness, unmanliness]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
sissiness
n 1: the trait of being effeminate (derogatory of a man); "the
students associated science with masculinity and arts with
effeminacy"; "Spartans accused Athenians of
effeminateness"; "he was shocked by the softness of the
atmosphere surrounding the young prince, arising from the
superfluity of the femininity that guided him" [syn:
effeminacy, effeminateness, sissiness, softness,
womanishness, unmanliness]