castrate
Meanings
Plural: castrates
Noun
- a man who has been castrated and is incapable of reproduction
- A castrated man; a eunuch.
Verb
- deprive of strength or vigor
- edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate
- remove the testicles of a male animal
- remove the ovaries of
- To remove the testicles of a person or animal.
- To remove the ovaries and/or uterus of an animal.
- To take something from; to render imperfect or ineffectual.
Origin / Etymology
Likely from an unattested sense of Middle English castrat (“(adjective) castrated; (noun) a castrated animal”), substantivized borrowing of Latin castrātus, perfect passive participle of castrō (“to prune, amputate, castrate”), see -ate (noun-forming suffix)).
Synonyms
alter, bowdlerise, bowdlerize, demasculinise, demasculinize, emasculate, eunuch, expurgate, geld, neuter, shorten, spay, spay f, sterilize
Scrabble Score: 10
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