sissify

Etymology

From 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)

(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