EFFEMINATE Copy link • EFFEMINATE 1. v. TR., effeminare: emollire: deliciis frangere aliquem: nervos omnes mentis ac corporis frangere (Quint.). INTR., effeminari; emolliri. 2. adj., mollis: mollis et effeminatus: delicatus: homo vulsus (an effeminate dandy, who has plucked out his superfluous hairs; Quint., 2, 5, 12).