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[ɪ'fiːt]* * *effete /ɪˈfi:t/a.1 svigorito; fiacco; senza nerbo; logoro; esausto; sterile: an effete aristocracy, un'aristocrazia senza nerbo; effete institutions, istituzioni logore3 effeminato; languidoeffetely avv. effeteness n. [u].* * *[ɪ'fiːt]
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