sissify en · VERB
Pronunciation
- /ˈsɪ.səˌfaɪ/ (General-American)
Etymology
From sissy + -fy.
Meanings
-
(transitive) To make sissy; to emasculate.
...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: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 6:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| sissifies | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| sissified | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| sissified | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| sissifying | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |
Relateds
Translations (7)
de entmannen (to make sissy; to emasculate.) · de emaskulieren (to make sissy; to emasculate.) · fr émasculer (to make sissy; to emasculate.) · nl ontmannen (to make sissy; to emasculate.) · fr efféminer (to make sissy; to emasculate.) · nl verwijven (to make sissy; to emasculate.) · de verweichlichen (to make sissy; to emasculate.)