adj. 25B6; adjective
effete trendies : AFFECTED, pretentious, precious, mannered, over-refined; ineffectual; informal la-di-da, pseud; Brit. informal poncey.
an effete young man : EFFEMINATE, unmanly, girlish, feminine; soft, timid, cowardly, lily-livered, spineless, pusillanimous; informal sissy, wimpish, wimpy.
the fabric of society is effete : WEAK, enfeebled, enervated, worn out, exhausted, finished, drained, spent, powerless, ineffectual.
manly, powerful.