emasculate

== English == === Pronunciation === Verb (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɪˈmask.jʊlˌeɪt/, /ɪˈmask.jəˌleɪt/ (General American) enPR: ĭ.măsʹkyə.lāt', IPA(key): /əˈmæs.kjəˌleɪt/, /iˈmæs.kjəˌleɪt/ Adjective (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɪˈmask.jʊ.lət/, /ɪˈmask.jə.lət/ (General American) enPR: ĭ.măsʹkyə.lət, IPA(key): /əˈmæs.kjəˌleɪt/, /iˈmæs.kjə.lət/ Hyphenation: emas‧cu‧late === Etymology 1 === From Medieval Latin ēmasculātus, perfect passive participle of ēmasculō (“to emasculate”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from ē(x)- (“out, from, apart”) +‎ masculus (“male, masculine”) +‎ -ō (first conjugation verb-forming suffix), further from mās (“a man, a male”) +‎ -culus (diminutive suffix). ==== Verb ==== emasculate (third-person singular simple present emasculates, present participle emasculating, simple past and past participle emasculated) (transitive) To deprive of virile or procreative power; to castrate, to geld. [from early 17th c.] Synonym: unman (specifically) To remove the entire male genitalia (the testicles, scrotum, and penis) of (a person or animal). (transitive) To deprive of masculine vigor or spirit; to weaken; to render effeminate; to vitiate by unmanly softness. [from early 17th c.] Synonyms: unman, debilitate, demasculate, enervate, enfeeble Antonyms: empower, invigorate, (obsolete) masculate, strengthen (transitive, botany) Of a flower: to deprive of the anthers. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin ēmasculātus (more at Etymology 1), see -ate (adjective-forming suffix). ==== Adjective ==== emasculate (comparative more emasculate, superlative most emasculate) Deprived of virility or vigor; unmanned, weak. ===== Translations ===== === Further reading === emasculation on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Anagrams === emaculates == Spanish == === Verb === emasculate second-person singular voseo imperative of emascular combined with te