Meaning

1 senses

  1. A castrated man; a eunuch.

    a man who has been castrated and is incapable of reproduction

Examples

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  1. Don't castrate kids with puberty blockers.

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  2. Everyone hates her for her castrating wit.

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  3. If you exploit workers, you will be castrated.

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  4. She castrated her husband while he was asleep.

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  5. If you steal from tax players, you will be castrated.

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Origin

Likely from an unattested sense of Middle English castrat (“(adjective) castrated; (noun)

Likely from an unattested sense of Middle English castrat (“(adjective) castrated; (noun) a castrated animal”), substantivized borrowing of Latin castrātus, perfect passive participle of castrō (“to prune, amputate, castrate”), see -ate (noun-forming suffix)).

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Forms

plural: castrates
Singularcastrate
Pluralcastrates

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a man who has been castrated and is incapable of reproduction:eunuch

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
castigatecastingcastleA2casualB1casuallyB2casualty
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