#390 effete

effete- weak, ineffectual, or decadent as a result of overrefinement: an effete academic; exhausted of vitality or strength; worn out; spent; of animals or plants no longer capable of reproduction

C17 from Latin effetus having produced young, hence, exhausted by bearing, from fetus having brought forth

Many karate styles emphasize competition over the so-called effete “dancing."

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