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