emasculate

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb

To deprive of virile or procreative power; to castrate, to geld.
To remove the entire male genitalia (the testicles, scrotum, and penis) of (a person or animal).
To deprive of masculine vigor or spirit; to weaken; to render effeminate; to vitiate by unmanly softness.
Of a flower: to deprive of the anthers.

adj

Deprived of virility or vigor; unmanned, weak.

Pronunciation

/ɪˈmask.jʊlˌeɪt/ /ɪˈmask.jəˌleɪt/ ĭ.măsʹkyə.lāt' /əˈmæs.kjəˌleɪt/ /iˈmæs.kjəˌleɪt/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-emasculate.wav /ɪˈmask.jʊ.lət/ /ɪˈmask.jə.lət/ ĭ.măsʹkyə.lət /iˈmæs.kjə.lət/ en-au-emasculate.ogg

Word forms

emasculate emasculates emasculating emasculated more emasculate most emasculate

Etymology

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).

Synonyms

Antonyms

empower invigorate masculate strengthen

Related words

emasculated emasculation emasculative emasculator emasculatory emasculatrix

Derived words

emasculatingly unemasculated

Translations

Bulgarian: скопявам Bulgarian: кастрирам Catalan: emascular Finnish: kuohita French: émasculer German: entmannen Ido: desmaskuligar Irish: coill Japanese: 去勢する Māori: unaka Old English: belisnian Spanish: emascular Spanish: castrar Turkish: kısır yapmak

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