See Also: Squeers, Wackford(dictionary)
effete(medicine)
effete(dictionary)
effete(dictionary)

Squeers, Wackford (oh) and effete (medicine)


Squeers, Wackford (oh)



a character in the book Nicholas Nickelby (1838) by Charles Dickens . He is the head teacher of a school called Dotheboys Hall, and he treats the children there very cruelly.

effete (medicine)


effete
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. "Effete results from virile efforts." (Mrs. Browning) "If they find the old governments effete, worn out, . . . They may seek new ones." (Burke)

Origin: L. Effetus that has brought forth, exhausted; ex + foetus that has brought forth. See Foetus.

Source: Websters Dictionary