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unman

/ʌnˈmæn/ US

Rhymes with -æn

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From un- (“de-, dis-, away”) + man (“male person”). Compare Dutch ontmannen, German entmannen, both “to unman, emasculate, castrate”.

verb unmans · unmanning · unmanned

archaic, transitive To divest of humanity. Unman not therefore thy self by a beastial transformation, nor realize old Fables.
archaic, transitive To castrate; to remove the manhood of. He unmanned himself under a pine-tree and bled to death on the spot.
Similar: emasculate
figuratively, transitive To sap (a person) of the strength, whether physical or emotional, required to deal with a situation. I hope to God his theories will not unman him in action, that he will not be musing and refining when he should be leading the Jacks […]
Similar: emasculate
transitive To deprive of men.

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@misc{unman_2026,
  title = {unman},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/unman},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}