emasculate
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emasculate¹
- /ɪˈmask.jʊlˌeɪt/ UK
- /ɪˈmask.jəˌleɪt/ UK
- /əˈmæs.kjəˌleɪt/ US
- /iˈmæs.kjəˌleɪt/ US
Where it comes from
From Medieval Latin ēmasculātus, perfect passive participle of ēmasculō (“to emasculate”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from ē(x)- (“out, from, apart”) + masculus (“male, masculine”) + -ō (first conjugation verb-forming suffix), further from mās (“a man, a male”) + -culus (diminutive suffix).
verb emasculates · emasculating · emasculated
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To deprive of virile or procreative power; to castrate, to geld.
Castration has a ſtrange effect; it emaſculates both man, beaſt and bird, and brings them to a near reſemblance of the other ſex. Thus, eunuchs have ſmooth unmuſcular arms, thighs, and legs; and broad hips, and beardleſs chins, and ſqueaking voices. Gelt stags and bucks have hornleſs heads, like hin
Similar: unman
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To remove the entire male genitalia (the testicles, scrotum, and penis) of (a person or animal).
Similar: unman
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To deprive of masculine vigor or spirit; to weaken; to render effeminate; to vitiate by unmanly softness.
[H]is Majeſty [...] is now reſolved (in proſecution of his priſtine Counſels) by force or policy to diſſolve this Parliament in diſcontent, as he hath done all former, and that with ſuch advantages of a generall ill opinion of Parliaments in the ignorant miſ-informed vulgar on the one hand, and of a
Similar: unman, debilitate, demasculate, enervate, enfeeble · Opposite: empower, invigorate, masculate, strengthen
- Of a flower: to deprive of the anthers. It is well understood that in artificial cross-fertilizing, in order to prevent self-fecundation, we emasculate the flower from which we wish to obtain the seeds for new varieties; that is, we remove the anthers from that flower, and in the proper season apply to the stigma the pollen from some othe
emasculate²
- /ɪˈmask.jʊ.lət/ UK
- /ɪˈmask.jə.lət/ UK
- /əˈmæs.kjəˌleɪt/ US
- /iˈmæs.kjə.lət/ US
Where it comes from
Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin ēmasculātus (more at Etymology 1), see -ate (adjective-forming suffix).
adjective more emasculate · most emasculate
- Deprived of virility or vigor; unmanned, weak. If the Icelander in his native climate ever ſhould experience the impulſe of a painter's genius, the year itſelf would not ſupply many hours in which his fingers could obey its ſummons; and in the other extremity of climate, where every fibre is unſtrung by relaxation, all, who have experienced, kno
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verb to deprive of virile or procreative power; to castrate
| Español | emascular, castrar |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 去勢する kyosei suru |
| Français | émasculer |
| Deutsch | entmannen |
verb to deprive of masculine vigor or spirit; to weaken
| Español | emascular, debilitar, feminizar |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 去勢する kyosei suru |
| Deutsch | schwächen |
adj deprived of virility or vigor
| Español | emasculado, castrado, debilitado |
|---|---|
| Português | emasculado, castrado |
| Français | émasculé |
| Deutsch | entmannt |
| Italiano | evirato |
Talk about this word "emasculate." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/emasculate. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. emasculate. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/emasculate "emasculate." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/emasculate.Cite this
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