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effemination

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effemination /ef·fem·i·na·tion/ (ĕ-fem″ĭ-na´shun) feminization (2).
ef·fem·i·na·tion (-fm-nshn)
n.
The acquisition of feminine characteristics, either physiologically by women, or pathologically by persons of either sex.
effemination
feminization.


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] In the former days the very mention of it was a great disgrace, but now it is a matter of boasting not only to the active but to the passive partners who habituate themselves to endure the disease of effemination [noson theleian--literally, the "female disease"], let both body and soul run to waste, and leave no ember of their male sex-nature to smoulder.
No kingdom of God for softies? or, what was Paul really saying? 1 ... by Elliott, John H. / Biblical Theology Bulletin
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