effete vs weedy

effete

adj
  • Lacking strength or vitality; feeble, powerless, impotent. 

  • Decadent, weak through self-indulgence. 

  • Affected, overrefined. 

weedy

adj
  • Lacking power or effectiveness. 

  • Consisting of weeds. 

  • Characteristic of a plant that grows rapidly and spreads invasively, and which grows opportunistically in cracks of sidewalks and disturbed areas. 

  • Abounding with weeds. 

  • Of, relating to or resembling weeds. 

  • Small and weak. 

How often have the words effete and weedy occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )