| 单词 | gelded man |
| 释义 | > as lemmasgelded man gelded man n. a castrated man; a eunuch; now rare. ΚΠ a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1874) V. 173 Iulianus put out of his court eunochos, gilded men, barboures, and cokes. a1425 Medulla Gram. (Stonyhurst) f. 61v Spado, a gulded mon. 1526 Bible (Tyndale) Acts viii. 34 The gelded man [Gk. εὐνοῦχος] answered Philip. 1619 E. M. Bolton tr. Florus Rom. Hist. iv. ii. 414 By the counsell of gelded-men [L. spadonum]. 1995 San Jose (Calif.) Mercury News (Nexis) 24 Nov. 52 Emasculating boys and men to preserve the purity of their voices was outlawed by church and state, though both had vested interests in maintaining a steady supply of gelded men. < as lemmas |
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