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eˈmasculated, ppl. a.
[f. prec. + -ed.]
1. Deprived of virility; castrated.
1837M. Donovan Dom. Econ. II. 309 The flesh of the emasculated animal is universally preferred. 1871Darwin Desc. Man II. xviii. 289 The emasculated bull reverts to the colour of the female.
2. fig. Unmanly, effeminate.
1701Collier M. Anton. (1726) 97 The Legions..Vectilianus found perfectly emasculated. 1850Maurice Mor. & Met. Philos. (ed. 2) 215 The impression of a wretched emasculated age. 1877Morley Crit. Misc. Ser. ii. 19 That emasculated caste, who shewed their quality..by flying. |