Effete
Effete adjective - Lacking bodily strength.
Usage example: the Western ranch takes effete youths from comfortable suburbs and turns them into rugged wranglers
Strong
Strong adjective - Not showing weakness or uncertainty.
Usage example: a strong belief in the value of hard work
Nearby Word: strongly
Both words in one sentence
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The first season of Star Trek: The Next Generation features a visit to a planet where the familiar gender roles (before about the 1960s, in the west) are reversed—the women rule the world and are strong and aggressive, while the men are effete, perfume-wearing arm candy.
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Mother Russia Makes You Strong: (Polish version.) As a contrast to the British men, who range from polite to effete, Minka is the sort of woman who can probably strangle a cow and believes that the way to a man's heart is through using a bayonet.
Source: Radio / Hut 33
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