emasculated

Adjective
Synonyms: cutgelded

WordNet 3.0

Adjective (1)

  1. (of a male animal) having the testicles removed“a cut horse”Synonyms: cutgelded
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

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]

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]
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