different between effeminate vs sensitive

English

Etymology

From Latin eff?min?tus, past participle of eff?min?, from f?mina (“woman”).

Pronunciation

• (adjective): IPA^(key): /??f?m?n?t/
• (verb): IPA^(key): /??f?m?ne?t/

Adjective

effeminate (comparative more effeminate, superlative most effeminate)

1. (often derogatory, of a man or boy) Exhibiting behaviour or mannerisms considered typical of a female; unmasculine.
   • 1759, Richard Hurd, Moral and Political Dialogues

     An effeminate and unmanly foppery.

2. (obsolete) Womanly; tender, affectionate, caring.

Synonyms

• camp, swish, epicene, effete, unmanly

Antonyms

• uneffeminate, noneffeminate, non-effeminate

Translations

Verb

effeminate (third-person singular simple present effeminates, present participle effeminating, simple past and past participle effeminated)

1. (transitive, archaic) To make womanly; to unman.
   • , Folio Society, 2006, vol.1, p.134:

     the studie of sciences doth more weaken and effeminate mens minds, than corroborate and adapt them to warre.

   • It will not corrupt or effeminate their [children's] minds.

2. (intransitive) To become womanly.

Noun

effeminate (plural effeminates)

1. An effeminate person.
   • 1976, Psychiatry (volumes 39-40, page 246)

     The effeminates are males with obviously recognizable traits and mannerisms; […]

Related terms

• effeminacy

Italian

Adjective

effeminate

1. feminine plural of effeminato

Latin

Verb

eff?min?te

1. second-person plural present active imperative of eff?min?

References

• effeminate in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• effeminate in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• effeminate in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

English

Alternative forms

• sensative (archaic)

Etymology

From Middle French sensitif, from Medieval Latin sensitivus.

Pronunciation

• (US, UK) enPR: s?n's?t?v, IPA^(key): /?s?ns?t?v/

Adjective

sensitive (comparative more sensitive, superlative most sensitive)

1. Having the faculty of sensation; pertaining to the senses.
2. Responsive to stimuli.
3. (of a person) Easily offended, upset or hurt.

4. (of an issue, topic, etc.) Capable of offending, upsetting or hurting.

5. Meant to be concealed or kept secret.

6. (of an instrument) Accurate; able to register small changes in some property.
7. (archaic) Having paranormal abilities that can be controlled through mesmerism.

Synonyms

• tender
• nesh
• precise
• compassionate
• caring
• classified
• aware

Antonyms

• insensitive
• nonsensitive
• resistant
• stoic
• uncaring

Hyponyms

• hypersensitive
• light-sensitive

Derived terms

Related terms

• sense

Translations

Noun

sensitive (plural sensitives)

1. A person with a paranormal sensitivity to something that most cannot perceive.
   • 2003, Frederic W.H. Myers, Human Personality and Its Survival of Bodily Death Part 2

     Swedenborg was one of the leading savants of Europe; it would be absurd to place any of our sensitives on the same intellectual level.

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s??.si.tiv/

Adjective

sensitive

1. feminine singular of sensitif

Noun

sensitive f (plural sensitives)

1. sensitive plant (Mimosa pudica)

Further reading

• “sensitive” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• investies

Italian

Adjective

sensitive

1. feminine plural of sensitivo

Anagrams

• estensivi, intessevi

Latin

Adjective

s?nsit?ve

1. vocative masculine singular of s?nsit?vus

Norwegian Bokmål

Adjective

sensitive

1. definite singular of sensitiv
2. plural of sensitiv

Norwegian Nynorsk

Adjective

sensitive

1. definite singular of sensitiv
2. plural of sensitiv