单词 | emasculating |
释义 | emasculatingadj. figurative. That deprives of vigour or manliness; weakening, enfeebling. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > bodily constitution > bodily weakness > weakening > [adjective] weakeninga1586 enfeebling1598 emasculating1741 strength-sapping1859 1741 T. Betterton in W. Oldys et al. Eng. Stage ii. 26 Opera..with its emasculating sounds. 1803 W. Wordsworth England! the Time is Come in Sonn. to Liberty Wean Thy heart from its emasculating food. 1860 S. Smiles Self-help (new ed.) xi. 284 The habit of intellectual dissipation..cannot fail..to produce a thoroughly emasculating effect. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < adj.1741 |
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