different between punctilious vs effeminate

English

Etymology

From punctilio (“fine point in exactness of conduct”) +? -ous.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p??k?t?li.?s/

Adjective

punctilious (comparative more punctilious, superlative most punctilious)

1. Strictly attentive to detail; meticulous or fastidious, particularly to codes or conventions.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:meticulous

2. Precise or scrupulous; finicky or nitpicky.

   Synonyms: finicky, nitpicky, precise; see also Thesaurus:meticulous

   • 2009, Ronnie Cann, Ruth Kempson and Eleni Gregoromichelaki, Semantics: an introduction to meaning in language

Derived terms

• punctiliously
• punctiliousness

Related terms

• point
• punctuate
• punctual
• punctuality
• punctuation

Translations

Further reading

• punctilious in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

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