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]