Clues for the word "EFFETE"
We've had 40 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 75 times in crosswords. It was last seen in New York Times crossword on January 05, 2026.
Definition of effete
- a. - No longer capable of producing young, as an animal, or fruit, as the earth; hence, worn out with age; exhausted of energy; incapable of efficient action; no longer productive; barren; sterile.
Referring Clues
- Sissified
- Decadent
- Lacking vigor
- Worn out
- Lacking vitality
- Lacking in power
- Drained of vitality
- Enervated
- Soft and weak
- Weak
- No longer fertile
- Tired or decadent
- Degenerate
- Washed up
- Lacking in physical strength
- Overrefined
- Spoiled by pampering
- Exhausted
- Weak and decadent
- Spoiled
- Devitalized
- Decadent, as the snobs in a historic Agnew speech
- Degenerate, like Agnew's snobs
- Lacking vitality or power
- Wimpy
- Over-refined and ineffectual
- Decadent English/French social function
- Affected FT, with second part changed
- Spent two notes at gala
- Spent two notes at the fair
- Weakened party after election finds openings
- Exhausted, Jeff loses his head on wrong tee
- Worn-out, decadent
- Feeble, weak
- Feeble notes at celebration
- Left centre gala to degenerate
- Snob descriptor
- Ineffectual
- Notes the feet are wobbly and weak
- Overly refined
Last Seen In
- New York Times - January 05, 2026
- Evening Standard Cryptic - August 22, 2025
- Daily American - January 07, 2025
- Daily American - August 11, 2024
- Daily American - March 21, 2024
- Daily American - January 25, 2024
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - May 06, 2023
- Daily American - January 07, 2023
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - October 20, 2022
- Daily American - August 11, 2022
- Daily American - January 25, 2018
- Penny Dell Daily - December 04, 2017
- King Syndicate - Premier Sunday - July 30, 2017
- Universal - July 23, 2017
- Guardian Cryptic - July 14, 2017
- LA Times - June 22, 2017
- Universal - January 26, 2017
- Daily American - January 07, 2017
- LA Times - December 06, 2016
- LA Times - September 26, 2016
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - September 01, 2016
- King Syndicate - Premier Sunday - July 03, 2016
- Guardian Quick - February 25, 2016
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - October 19, 2015
- Guardian Quick - October 14, 2015
- LA Times Sunday - November 10, 2013
- Universal - September 01, 2013
- New York Times - August 15, 2013
- Guardian Prize - July 13, 2013
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - July 10, 2013
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