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The correct spelling is effete.
How to pronounce effete
/ɪˈfiːt/
adjectiveIPA: /ɪˈfiːt/
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The correct spelling is effete. Of substances, quantities etc: exhausted, spent, worn-out.
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Definition
adjective
- 1.Of substances, quantities etc: exhausted, spent, worn-out.
- 2.Lacking strength or vitality; feeble, powerless, impotent.
- 3.Decadent, weak through self-indulgence.
- 4.(of a person) Affected, overrefined
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