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Meaning
Adj
●
Of
substances
,
quantities
etc:
exhausted
,
spent
, worn-out.
●
Lacking
strength
or
vitality
;
feeble
,
powerless
, impotent.
●
Decadent,
weak
through self-indulgence.
●
Affected, overrefined.
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Origin
effete
English
effetus
Latin
Sourced from
Etym
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Pompous
Oafish
Overprivileged
Unreconstructed
Elitist
Aristocratic
Milquetoast
Metrosexual
Overeducated
Bourgeois
Feckless
Boorish
Uncultured
Indolent
Arriviste
Egotistical
Unsophisticated
Unprincipled
Haughty
Simpering
Humourless
Obsequious
Smarmy
Impudent
Callow
Priggish
Dimwitted
Prissy
Uncouth
Arrogant
Egocentric
Craven
Intelligentsia
Insular
Loudmouthed
Egotistic
Nebbish
Cosmopolitans
Inarticulate
Sycophantic
Inbred
Liberal Elite
Upper Crust
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Rhymes
Eat
Peat
Feat
Feet
Meat
Pete
Meet
Beet
Leet
Heat
Yeet
Seat
Neat
Teat
Mete
Deet
Beat
Wheat
Sleet
Crete
Elite
Sweet
Skeet
Abeat
Pleat
Tweet
Suite
Bleat
Cheat
Greet
Cleat
Sheet
Fleet
Treat
Deceit
Defeat
Deheat
Delete
Upbeat
Effete
Unseat
Gamete
Reheat
Repeat
Street
Petite
Retreat
Offbeat
Replete
Preheat
Receipt
Deplete
Excrete
Accrete
Overeat
Conceit
Secrete
Entreat
Compete
Concrete
Complete
Re-Treat
Discreet
Discrete
Mistreat
Undereat
Overheat
Aesthete
Underheat
Underseat
Locuplete
Superheat
Indiscreet
Stylesheet
Incomplete
Bittersweet
Bon AppéTit
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