Meanings
verbsissify (third-person singular simple present sissifies, present participle sissifying, simple past and past participle sissified)
present singular third person sissifies · participle present sissifying · participle past sissified · past sissified
- transitiveTo make sissy; to emasculate.
The trick was to find means of positioning a male consumer which did not feminize, emasculate or sissify him.
1994, J. M. Bernstein, The Frankfurt School: critical assessments, Volume 61 more example
...there does seem, from this study, basis for a not uncommon charge that American schools tend to baby and sissify the boys.
1929, Society for the Advancement of Education, School & society, Volume 29
Origin
Translations
Dutch verwijven, ontmannen
- verwijvento make sissy; to emasculate.
- ontmannento make sissy; to emasculate.
French efféminer, émasculer
- efféminerto make sissy; to emasculate.
- émasculerto make sissy; to emasculate.
German verweichlichen, entmannen
- verweichlichento make sissy; to emasculate.
- entmannento make sissy; to emasculate.
- emaskulierento make sissy; to emasculate.
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