Hyphenation of effeminacy

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word effeminacy? This word can be hyphenated and contains 5 syllables as shown below.

ef-fem-i-na-cy

Definitions of effeminacy:

1.	The trait of being effeminate (derogatory of a man) The students associated science with masculinity and arts with effeminacy Spartans accused Athenians of effeminateness He was shocked by the softness of the atmosphere surrounding the young prince
2.	Arising from the superfluity of the femininity that guided him

Synonyms of effeminacy:

noun	effeminateness, sissiness, womanishness, unmanliness, femininity, muliebrity

Last hyphenations of this language

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Hyphenator

The hyphen is a punctuation mark used to join words and to separate syllables of a single word. The use of hyphens is called hyphenation. The hyphen should not be confused with dashes, which are longer and have different uses, or with the minus sign, which is also longer in some contexts. Some words can be hyphenated in different places and you can use this website to find out where. Also reffered to as syllable counter and divider.