1.
[syn: cut, emasculated, gelded]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
emasculated \emasculated\ adj.
1. having the testicles removed; -- of a male animal.
Syn: cut, gelded, sexless.
[WordNet 1.5]
2. deprived of virility, vigor, or manly character.
[PJC]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Emasculate \E*mas"cu*late\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Emasculated;
p. pr. & vb. n. Emasculating.] [L. emasculare; e + masculus
male, masculine. See Male masculine.]
1. To deprive of virile or procreative power; to castrate
power; to castrate; to geld.
[1913 Webster]
2. To deprive of masculine vigor or spirit; to weaken; to
render effeminate; to vitiate by unmanly softness.
[1913 Webster]
Luxury had not emasculated their minds. --V. Knox.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
emasculated
adj 1: (of a male animal) having the testicles removed; "a cut
horse" [syn: cut, emasculated, gelded]