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41effeminate — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. womanish, unmanly. See weakness, female. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. unmanly, womanish, emasculate, epicene; see feminine 2 . See Synonym Study at female . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. feminine …
42impotence — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Lack of strength Nouns 1. impotence, inability, disability; disablement, impuissance, incapacity, incapability; inaptness, ineptitude, inefficiency, incompetence; disqualification. See weakness,… …
43neuter — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. sexless, unsexual; emasculated, castrated, gelded. v. t. emasculate, castrate, geld; spay, fix. See impotence.Ant., male, female. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. barren, infertile, sexless, asexual,… …
44emasculation — 1620s, agent noun from EMASCULATE (Cf. emasculate) …
45sterilize — 1 Sterilize, castrate, spay, emasculate, alter, mutilate, geld, caponize mean to make incapable of producing offspring. Sterilize, the most general of these terms, is applicable to both human beings and animals and is used whether the end is… …
46castrate — [kas′trāt΄] vt. castrated, castrating [< L castratus, pp. of castrare, to castrate, prune: for IE base see CASTE] 1. a) to remove the testicles of; emasculate; geld b) Rare to remove the ovaries of; spay 2. to deprive of essential virility,… …
47demasculinise — verb remove the testicles of a male animal • Syn: ↑emasculate, ↑castrate, ↑demasculinize • Derivationally related forms: ↑castration (for: ↑castrate), ↑castrate ( …
48demasculinize — verb remove the testicles of a male animal • Syn: ↑emasculate, ↑castrate, ↑demasculinise • Derivationally related forms: ↑castration (for: ↑castrate), ↑castrate ( …
49emasculation — noun 1. loss of power and masculinity • Derivationally related forms: ↑emasculate • Hypernyms: ↑effeminacy, ↑effeminateness, ↑sissiness, ↑softness, ↑womanishness, ↑unmanliness …
50emasculator — ˌlād.ə(r), ātə noun ( s) : one that emasculates; specifically : an instrument often with a broad surface and a cutting edge used in castrating livestock compare emasculatome * * * emasˈculātor noun • • • Main Entry: ↑ …
