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EFFETE

\ˈɛfiːt], \ˈɛfiːt], \ˈɛ_f_iː_t]\

Definitions of EFFETE

1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language

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Worn out, as a result of age; barren; exhausted; useless.

1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer

Effeteness.
Exhausted; barren; worn out.

1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman

Worn out; exhausted; barren.

1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
By James Champlin Fernald

Barren; worn out with age.

1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
By Thomas Sheridan

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