单词 | emasculate |
释义 | emasculate —emasculation, n. —emasculative, adj. —emasculator, n. —emasculatory /i mas"kyeuh leuh tawr'ee, -tohr'ee/, adj. v. /i mas"kyeuh layt'/; adj. /i mas"kyeuh lit, -layt'/, v. , emasculated, emasculating, adj. v.t. 1. to castrate. 2. to deprive of strength or vigor; weaken. adj. 3. deprived of or lacking strength or vigor; effeminate. [1600-10; < L emasculatus (ptp. of emasculare), equiv. to e- E- + mascul(us) MALE + -atus -ATE1] Syn. 2. debilitate, undermine, devitalize, soften. |
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