effete

About 0.26 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective exhausted, spent, worn-out.
2. adjective Lacking strength or vitality; feeble, powerless, impotent.
3. adjective Decadent, weak through self-indulgence.
4. adjective Affected, overrefined.

Similar words

decadent indulgent exhausted feeble weak languors exolete forwearied worn exhaust

Often followed by

and matter matters east products or civilization material materials

Word family

effetely effeteness effetenesses