Effeminate a. : Having some characteristic of a woman, as delicacy, luxuriousness, etc.; soft or delicate to an unmanly degree; womanish; weak.

Effeminate a. : Womanlike; womanly; tender; -- in a good sense.

Effeminate v. t. : To make womanish; to make soft and delicate; to weaken.

Effeminate v. i. : To grow womanish or weak.

Example:
Have you ever known an Effeminate gay man who happened to be in the closet?

Taxonomy
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Defination from the web:
effeminate is most often used by people who subscribe to the conventional view that men should conform to traditional masculine traits and behaviors. ... An effeminate man is similar to a fop or a dandy, though these tend to be archaic identities that are taken on by the ...