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Meaning of limp-wristed | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR C1

Definitions

  1. Limp, weak by nature; lacking strength.
  2. Of a man: having effeminate qualities or characteristics perceived to be homosexual in nature.

Examples

“Given the doubts about manhood in the postwar years, a rough sport like football helped to establish a hierarchy of competing masculinities that favored the sturdy athlete over his limp-wristed counterpart, the heterosexual linebacker over the homosexual fop.”

CEFR level

C1
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This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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