† unpolluxv.

Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: un- prefix², proper name Pollux.

Etymology: < un- prefix² + the name of Pollux (see Pollux n.), punningly after castor n.¹, Castor and Pollux at Pollux n. 1, and perhaps also castrate v., with reference to Chapter 21 of Don Quixote, which recounts a much older story about beavers (but does not use a similar Spanish formation).Compare: ▸ a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xviii. xxix. 1173 And of þese stones Plinius..seiþ þat þe castor byteþ of his gendrynge stones þat we clepe castorea, and þat lest he be take of hunters.

Obsolete. rare.

transitive. To castrate.

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1654 E. Gayton Pleasant Notes Don Quixot iii. vii. 112 The story of the Castor un-polluxing himselfe is very well applyed.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2019).

单词	unpollux
释义	† unpolluxv. Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: un- prefix², proper name Pollux. Etymology: < un- prefix² + the name of Pollux (see Pollux n.), punningly after castor n.¹, Castor and Pollux at Pollux n. 1, and perhaps also castrate v., with reference to Chapter 21 of Don Quixote, which recounts a much older story about beavers (but does not use a similar Spanish formation).Compare: ▸ a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xviii. xxix. 1173 And of þese stones Plinius..seiþ þat þe castor byteþ of his gendrynge stones þat we clepe castorea, and þat lest he be take of hunters. Obsolete. rare. transitive. To castrate. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > biological processes > procreation or reproduction > infertility > infertile [verb (transitive)] > castrate or spay > castrate geldc1225 lib1396 cut1465 castrate1609 delumbate1609 enervate1610 unstone1611 gliba1616 evirate1621 emasculate1623 capon1630 eunuchize1634 eunuchate1646 caponize1654 unpollux1654 eunucha1658 unman1657 dismember1697 saturnized1846 nut1916 knacker1936 1654 E. Gayton Pleasant Notes Don Quixot iii. vii. 112 The story of the Castor un-polluxing himselfe is very well applyed. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < v.1654
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