/ ɪˈfiːt; NAmE / adjective ( disapproving )
1.
weak; without the power that it once had
2.
( of a man ) without strength; looking or behaving like a woman
••
WORD ORIGIN
early 17th cent. (in the sense no longer fertile ): from Latin effetus worn out by bearing young, from ex- out + fetus breeding; related to fetus .