Effete -- Ann

ef·fete (-ft) adj. 1. Depleted of vitality, force, or effectiveness; exhausted: the final, effete period of the baroque style. 2. Marked by self-indulgence, triviality, or decadence: an effete group of self-professed intellectuals. 3. Overrefined; effeminate. 4. No longer productive; infertile. [Latin efftus, worn out, exhausted : ex-, ex- + ftus, bearing young, pregnant; see dh(i)- in Indo-European roots.] ef·fetely adv. ef·feteness n.

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Ann is approaching retirement age, but she's no member of an effete corps of impudent snobs.