unman

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb

To divest of humanity.
To castrate; to remove the manhood of.
To sap (a person) of the strength, whether physical or emotional, required to deal with a situation.
To deprive of men.

/ʌnˈmæn/

unman unmans unmanning unmanned

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

emasculate

unmanner

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