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Saltzman superintended the writing, sculpting the character and the essence of the franchise – accentuating the Englishness of it all – and pushed for the roughneck Sean Connery as Bond over the effete James Mason-ish toffs mulled by Fleming and producer Cubby Broccoli.
It shows how in the 18th century, when Anglo-French rivalry was at its height, the capacity of the Brits to devour colossal chunks of cattle, dripping with fat, was used by patriotic writers and artists to symbolise the nation's superiority to the effete French, with their less robust tastes.In 1748 William Hogarth painted "O the Roast Beef of Old England".
Limbaugh at least has the virtue of being funny; Hannity is nothing more than an smug buffoon.Mr Derbyshire is correct that the right has ceded the middle ground to liberals, being happier in either effete little journals or rabble-rousing radio shows.
The polite, effete Liberal Party was steadily giving way to the brawny politics of organised labour.
The Democratic Party is the natural home of effete thespians and quiche-eating intellectuals, not to mention feminists.
Both were unpopular: Waugh as an effete reactionary; Orwell for his unfashionable anti-Stalinism.
However, San Franciscans would never accept this.This is not just effete liberalism, according to the locals.
In particular, the icon of Mao Zedong himself has come in for attention, some of it satirical: among the examples Li Shan's depictions of an effete , young Mao, which got the artist into trouble with the authorities.Yet there is also much evidence of admiration for a man who, by any honest calculation, was a monster.
Britain is doing rather well at fashion at the moment.High fashion used to be something best left to effete foreigners on the other side of the Channel, but not any more.
The firm also makes squat lavatories, for example—a far cry from their high-tech cousins, which can cost more than $5,000.In America, where bidets are considered effete if not downright twisted, Toto sells fewer than 2,000 fancy lavatories a year (although they are beloved by film stars such as Charlie Sheen and Whoopi Goldberg, among others).
The Democrats, meanwhile, strike some white men as effete , cosmopolitan and condescending.
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The word "effete" functions primarily as an adjective , modifying nouns to describe a state of weakness or decadence. Ludwig AI examples demonstrate its use in characterizing political systems, social groups, and even artistic styles. It generally implies a decline from a previous state of vitality.
Expression frequency: Very common
