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{
"antonyms": [
{
"word": "uneffeminate"
},
{
"word": "noneffeminate"
},
{
"word": "non-effeminate"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*dʰeh₁(y)-"
},
"expansion": "",
"name": "root"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "enm",
"3": "effeminat"
},
"expansion": "Middle English effeminat",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "effemynat"
},
"expansion": "effemynat",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "la",
"3": "effēminātus"
},
"expansion": "Latin effēminātus",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "effēminō"
},
"expansion": "effēminō",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "fēmina",
"3": "",
"4": "woman"
},
"expansion": "fēmina (“woman”)",
"name": "m"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle English effeminat, effemynat, from Latin effēminātus, past participle of effēminō, from fēmina (“woman”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "more effeminate",
"tags": [
"comparative"
]
},
{
"form": "most effeminate",
"tags": [
"superlative"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "effeminate (comparative more effeminate, superlative most effeminate)",
"name": "en-adj"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "adj",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "42 4 46 4 4",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1759, Richard Hurd, Moral and Political Dialogues",
"text": "An effeminate and unmanly foppery.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Exhibiting behaviour or mannerisms considered typical of a female; unmasculine."
],
"id": "en-effeminate-en-adj-t-8vODJQ",
"links": [
[
"derogatory",
"derogatory"
],
[
"behaviour",
"behaviour"
],
[
"mannerism",
"mannerism"
],
[
"unmasculine",
"unmasculine"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(often derogatory, of a man or boy) Exhibiting behaviour or mannerisms considered typical of a female; unmasculine."
],
"raw_tags": [
"of a man or boy"
],
"tags": [
"derogatory",
"often"
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"glosses": [
"Womanly; tender, affectionate, caring."
],
"id": "en-effeminate-en-adj-G1BkOZAR",
"links": [
[
"Womanly",
"womanly"
],
[
"tender",
"tender"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(obsolete) Womanly; tender, affectionate, caring."
],
"tags": [
"obsolete"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "32 68",
"code": "am",
"lang": "Amharic",
"roman": "seta set",
"sense": "of a man, behaving like a woman",
"word": "ሴታ ሴት"
},
{
"_dis1": "32 68",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "muḵannaṯ",
"sense": "of a man, behaving like a woman",
"word": "مُخَنَّث"
},
{
"_dis1": "32 68",
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "knabaro",
"sense": "of a man, behaving like a woman",
"word": "կնաբարո"
},
{
"_dis1": "32 68",
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "ġzik",
"sense": "of a man, behaving like a woman",
"word": "ղզիկ"
},
{
"_dis1": "32 68",
"code": "rup",
"lang": "Aromanian",
"sense": "of a man, behaving like a woman",
"word": "muljirashcu"
},
{
"_dis1": "32 68",
"code": "bcl",
"lang": "Bikol Central",
"sense": "of a man, behaving like a woman",
"word": "babayinhon"
},
{
"_dis1": "32 68",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "ženstven",
"sense": "of a man, behaving like a woman",
"word": "женствен"
},
{
"_dis1": "32 68",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "of a man, behaving like a woman",
"word": "efeminat"
},
{
"_dis1": "32 68",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "of a man, behaving like a woman",
"word": "afemellat"
},
{
"_dis1": "32 68",
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"roman": "naa² jing⁴",
"sense": "of a man, behaving like a woman",
"word": "乸型"
},
{
"_dis1": "32 68",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "niángniángqiāng",
"sense": "of a man, behaving like a woman",
"word": "娘娘腔"
},
{
"_dis1": "32 68",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "of a man, behaving like a woman",
"word": "女人氣"
},
{
"_dis1": "32 68",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "nǚrénqì",
"sense": "of a man, behaving like a woman",
"word": "女人气"
},
{
"_dis1": "32 68",
"code": "cop",
"lang": "Coptic",
"roman": "malakos",
"sense": "of a man, behaving like a woman",
"word": "ⲙⲁⲗⲁⲕⲟⲥ"
},
{
"_dis1": "32 68",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "of a man, behaving like a woman",
"word": "zženštilý"
},
{
"_dis1": "32 68",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "of a man, behaving like a woman",
"word": "kvindagtig"
},
{
"_dis1": "32 68",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "of a man, behaving like a woman",
"word": "verwijfd"
},
{
"_dis1": "32 68",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "of a man, behaving like a woman",
"word": "virineca"
},
{
"_dis1": "32 68",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "of a man, behaving like a woman",
"word": "ineca"
},
{
"_dis1": "32 68",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "of a man, behaving like a woman",
"word": "naismainen"
},
{
"_dis1": "32 68",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "of a man, behaving like a woman",
"word": "epämiehekäs"
},
{
"_dis1": "32 68",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "of a man, behaving like a woman",
"word": "feminiininen"
},
{
"_dis1": "32 68",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "of a man, behaving like a woman",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "efféminé"
},
{
"_dis1": "32 68",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "of a man, behaving like a woman",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "efféminée"
},
{
"_dis1": "32 68",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "of a man, behaving like a woman",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "afeminado"
},
{
"_dis1": "32 68",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "of a man, behaving like a woman",
"word": "weibisch"
},
{
"_dis1": "32 68",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "of a man, behaving like a woman",
"word": "tuntig"
},
{
"_dis1": "32 68",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "of a man, behaving like a woman",
"word": "effeminiert"
},
{
"_dis1": "32 68",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "of a man, behaving like a woman",
"word": "verweichlicht"
},
{
"_dis1": "32 68",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "of a man, behaving like a woman",
"word": "verweiblicht"
},
{
"_dis1": "32 68",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "thilyprepís",
"sense": "of a man, behaving like a woman",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "θηλυπρεπής"
},
{
"_dis1": "32 68",
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "gunaikṓdēs",
"sense": "of a man, behaving like a woman",
"word": "γυναικώδης"
},
{
"_dis1": "32 68",
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "malakós",
"sense": "of a man, behaving like a woman",
"word": "μαλακός"
},
{
"_dis1": "32 68",
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "of a man, behaving like a woman",
"word": "banci"
},
{
"_dis1": "32 68",
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "of a man, behaving like a woman",
"word": "kemayu"
},
{
"_dis1": "32 68",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "of a man, behaving like a woman",
"word": "baineanda"
},
{
"_dis1": "32 68",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "of a man, behaving like a woman",
"word": "baineann"
},
{
"_dis1": "32 68",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "of a man, behaving like a woman",
"word": "piteogach"
},
{
"_dis1": "32 68",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "of a man, behaving like a woman",
"word": "piteánta"
},
{
"_dis1": "32 68",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "of a man, behaving like a woman",
"word": "effemminato"
},
{
"_dis1": "32 68",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "memeshii",
"sense": "of a man, behaving like a woman",
"word": "女々しい"
},
{
"_dis1": "32 68",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "yuyak",
"sense": "of a man, behaving like a woman",
"word": "유약"
},
{
"_dis1": "32 68",
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "of a man, behaving like a woman",
"word": "serejin"
},
{
"_dis1": "32 68",
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "of a man, behaving like a woman",
"word": "nemêr"
},
{
"_dis1": "32 68",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "of a man, behaving like a woman",
"word": "ēvirātus"
},
{
"_dis1": "32 68",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "of a man, behaving like a woman",
"word": "perfluus"
},
{
"_dis1": "32 68",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "ženstven",
"sense": "of a man, behaving like a woman",
"word": "женствен"
},
{
"_dis1": "32 68",
"code": "gv",
"lang": "Manx",
"sense": "of a man, behaving like a woman",
"word": "dendeaysagh"
},
{
"_dis1": "32 68",
"code": "gv",
"lang": "Manx",
"sense": "of a man, behaving like a woman",
"word": "soailtagh"
},
{
"_dis1": "32 68",
"code": "gv",
"lang": "Manx",
"sense": "of a man, behaving like a woman",
"word": "bwoirrin"
},
{
"_dis1": "32 68",
"code": "gv",
"lang": "Manx",
"sense": "of a man, behaving like a woman",
"word": "benoil"
},
{
"_dis1": "32 68",
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "of a man, behaving like a woman",
"word": "kvinneaktig"
},
{
"_dis1": "32 68",
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "of a man, behaving like a woman",
"word": "umandig"
},
{
"_dis1": "32 68",
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "of a man, behaving like a woman",
"word": "jentete"
},
{
"_dis1": "32 68",
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "of a man, behaving like a woman",
"word": "jenteaktig"
},
{
"_dis1": "32 68",
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "of a man, behaving like a woman",
"word": "kvinnelig"
},
{
"_dis1": "32 68",
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "of a man, behaving like a woman",
"word": "femi"
},
{
"_dis1": "32 68",
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "of a man, behaving like a woman",
"word": "bløtaktig"
},
{
"_dis1": "32 68",
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "of a man, behaving like a woman",
"word": "feminin"
},
{
"_dis1": "32 68",
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "of a man, behaving like a woman",
"word": "fjollete"
},
{
"_dis1": "32 68",
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "of a man, behaving like a woman",
"word": "feminin"
},
{
"_dis1": "32 68",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "amard",
"sense": "of a man, behaving like a woman",
"word": "امرد"
},
{
"_dis1": "32 68",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "of a man, behaving like a woman",
"word": "zniewieściały"
},
{
"_dis1": "32 68",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "of a man, behaving like a woman",
"word": "zbabiały"
},
{
"_dis1": "32 68",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "of a man, behaving like a woman",
"word": "wydelikacony"
},
{
"_dis1": "32 68",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "of a man, behaving like a woman",
"word": "babski"
},
{
"_dis1": "32 68",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "of a man, behaving like a woman",
"word": "afeminado"
},
{
"_dis1": "32 68",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "of a man, behaving like a woman",
"word": "efeminado"
},
{
"_dis1": "32 68",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "of a man, behaving like a woman",
"word": "mulheril"
},
{
"_dis1": "32 68",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "of a man, behaving like a woman",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "adamado"
},
{
"_dis1": "32 68",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "of a man, behaving like a woman",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "amulherado"
},
{
"_dis1": "32 68",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "of a man, behaving like a woman",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "afemeado"
},
{
"_dis1": "32 68",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "of a man, behaving like a woman",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "amaricado"
},
{
"_dis1": "32 68",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "of a man, behaving like a woman",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "dengoso"
},
{
"_dis1": "32 68",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "of a man, behaving like a woman",
"word": "inviril"
},
{
"_dis1": "32 68",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "of a man, behaving like a woman",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "mulherengo"
},
{
"_dis1": "32 68",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "of a man, behaving like a woman",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "amulherengado"
},
{
"_dis1": "32 68",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "of a man, behaving like a woman",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "paneleiro"
},
{
"_dis1": "32 68",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "of a man, behaving like a woman",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "apaneleirado"
},
{
"_dis1": "32 68",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "of a man, behaving like a woman",
"word": "maricas"
},
{
"_dis1": "32 68",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "of a man, behaving like a woman",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "mariconço"
},
{
"_dis1": "32 68",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "of a man, behaving like a woman",
"word": "bicha"
},
{
"_dis1": "32 68",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "of a man, behaving like a woman",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "abichanado"
},
{
"_dis1": "32 68",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "of a man, behaving like a woman",
"word": "larilas"
},
{
"_dis1": "32 68",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "of a man, behaving like a woman",
"word": "panilas"
},
{
"_dis1": "32 68",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "of a man, behaving like a woman",
"word": "enerve"
},
{
"_dis1": "32 68",
"code": "pa",
"lang": "Punjabi",
"roman": "zanānā",
"sense": "of a man, behaving like a woman",
"tags": [
"Gurmukhi"
],
"word": "ਜ਼ਨਾਨਾ"
},
{
"_dis1": "32 68",
"code": "pa",
"lang": "Punjabi",
"roman": "zanānh",
"sense": "of a man, behaving like a woman",
"tags": [
"Shahmukhi"
],
"word": "زَنانہ"
},
{
"_dis1": "32 68",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "of a man, behaving like a woman",
"word": "afemeiat"
},
{
"_dis1": "32 68",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "ženopodóbnyj",
"sense": "of a man, behaving like a woman",
"word": "женоподо́бный"
},
{
"_dis1": "32 68",
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "of a man, behaving like a woman",
"word": "boireannta"
},
{
"_dis1": "32 68",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "of a man, behaving like a woman",
"word": "zoženštený"
},
{
"_dis1": "32 68",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "of a man, behaving like a woman",
"word": "afeminado"
},
{
"_dis1": "32 68",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "of a man, behaving like a woman",
"word": "amanerado"
},
{
"_dis1": "32 68",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "of a man, behaving like a woman",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "amujerado"
},
{
"_dis1": "32 68",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "of a man, behaving like a woman",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ahembrado"
},
{
"_dis1": "32 68",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "of a man, behaving like a woman",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "adamado"
},
{
"_dis1": "32 68",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "of a man, behaving like a woman",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "mujeril"
},
{
"_dis1": "32 68",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "of a man, behaving like a woman",
"word": "amariconado"
},
{
"_dis1": "32 68",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "of a man, behaving like a woman",
"word": "fjollig"
},
{
"_dis1": "32 68",
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "of a man, behaving like a woman",
"word": "binabae"
},
{
"_dis1": "32 68",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "of a man, behaving like a woman",
"word": "yumuşak"
},
{
"_dis1": "32 68",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "of a man, behaving like a woman",
"word": "efemine"
},
{
"_dis1": "32 68",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "žonovýdyj",
"sense": "of a man, behaving like a woman",
"word": "жонови́дий"
},
{
"_dis1": "32 68",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "žinkuvatyj",
"sense": "of a man, behaving like a woman",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "жінкуватий"
},
{
"_dis1": "32 68",
"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "of a man, behaving like a woman",
"word": "xotinchalish"
},
{
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"code": "gl",
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "of a man, behaving like a woman",
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"code": "de",
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"code": "id",
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"code": "ga",
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"word": "baineann"
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"code": "ga",
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"code": "ga",
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"word": "piteánta"
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"code": "it",
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"code": "ja",
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"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
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"code": "no",
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"code": "no",
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"code": "no",
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"code": "no",
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],
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},
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"tags": [
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],
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}
],
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{
"word": "effæminate"
},
{
"word": "effeminat"
},
{
"word": "effœminat"
},
{
"tags": [
"obsolete"
],
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}
],
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"effeminate"
],
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}
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},
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}
],
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"lang_code": "it",
"pos": "adj",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
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"Italian entries with incorrect language header",
"Italian non-lemma forms"
],
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{
"word": "effeminato"
}
],
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"feminine plural of effeminato"
],
"links": [
[
"effeminato",
"effeminato#Italian"
]
],
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"form-of",
"plural"
]
}
],
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}
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}
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],
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"lang_code": "la",
"pos": "verb",
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{
"categories": [
"Latin entries with incorrect language header",
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"Latin verb forms"
],
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"word": "effēminō"
}
],
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],
"links": [
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"effēminō",
"effemino#Latin"
]
],
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"imperative",
"plural",
"present",
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]
}
],
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