An English teacher wrote these words on the whiteboard: «woman without her man is nothing». The teacher then asked the students to punctuate the words correctly. The men wrote: «Woman, without her man, is nothing.»The women wrote: «Woman! Without her, man is nothing.»
- impression produced on a spectator, hearer, etc. (lights gave a pretty effect; said it just for effect).
- (in pl.) Property.
- (in pl.) Lighting, sound, etc., giving realism to a play, film, etc.
- physical phenomenon (doppler effect; greenhouse effect). —v. Bring about (a change, cure, etc.). bring (or carry) into effect accomplish. Give effect to make operative. In effect for practical purposes. Take effect become operative. To the effect that the gist being that. To that effect having that result or implication. With effect from coming into operation at (a stated time). [latin: related to *fact]
EFFETE
adj. Feeble, lanquid; effeminate. effeteness n. [latin]
EFFIGY
n. (pl. -ies) sculpture or model of a person. burn in effigy burn a model of a person. [latin effigies from fingo fashion]
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