castrated

Adjective
Synonyms: unsexed

WordNet 3.0

Adjective (1)

  1. deprived of sexual capacity or sexual attributesSynonyms: unsexed
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Castrate \Cas"trate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Castrated; p. pr. & vb. n. Castrating.] [L. castrarus, p; p. of castrare to castrate, asin to Skr. [,c]astra knife.]

1.To deprive of the testicles; to emasculate; to geld; to alter. [1913 Webster]

2.To cut or take out; esp. to remove anything erroneous, or objectionable from, as the obscene parts of a writing; to expurgate. [1913 Webster]

My . . . correspondent . . . has sent me the following letter, which I have castrated in some places.— Spectator.[1913 Webster]
castrated \castrated\ adj. deprived of reproductive organs or sexual attributes.

Syn: altered, neutered, unsexed, fixed. [WordNet 1.5]

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