sissify

English

Etymology

sissy +‎ -fy

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈsɪ.səˌfaɪ/

Verb

sissify (third-person singular simple present sissifies, present participle sissifying, simple past and past participle sissified)

1. (transitive) To make sissy; to emasculate.
   • 1929, Society for the Advancement of Education, School & society, Volume 29:

     ...there does seem, from this study, basis for a not uncommon charge that American schools tend to baby and sissify the boys.

   • 1994, J. M. Bernstein, The Frankfurt School: critical assessments, Volume 6:

     The trick was to find means of positioning a male consumer which did not feminize, emasculate or sissify him.

Related terms

• sissification

Translations

to make sissy; to emasculate.

• Dutch: verwijven (nl), ontmannen (nl)
• French: efféminer (fr), émasculer (fr)
• German: verweichlichen (de), entmannen (de), emaskulieren