ಅರ್ಥ : Affected, overrefined, and effeminate.
ಉದಾಹರಣೆ :
The young man spoke in effete, accented English.
ಅರ್ಥ : Deprived of vigor and the ability to be effective.
ಉದಾಹರಣೆ :
Fundamentalism has flowered because it has concluded that liberalism is effete, ineffectual and impoverished.