verb · transitive · rare

emasculate

emas·cu·late

emasculate · emasculates · emasculated · emasculating

entmannen, schwächen

To deprive of virile or procreative powerTo deprive of virile or procreative power; to castrate, to geld.

UK/ɪˈmask.jʊlˌeɪt/US/əˈmæs.kjəˌleɪt/

» Apparently, you have all been emasculated by this abusive teacher.

Meaning

4 senses

(transitive)To deprive of virile or procreative power; to castrate, to geld.
entmannen
To deprive of virile or procreative power; to castrate, to geld.
(specifically, transitive)To remove the entire male genitalia (the testicles, scrotum, and penis) of (a person or animal).
remove the testicles of a male animal
(transitive)To deprive of masculine vigor or spirit; to weaken; to render effeminate; to vitiate by unmanly softness.
schwächen
deprive of strength or vigor
(transitive)Of a flower: to deprive of the anthers.

Examples

2 sentences

Apparently, you have all been emasculated by this abusive teacher.
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"What is wrong with me opening the door?" "I find this very emasculating."
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Translations

4 languages

Deutsch

By meaning 2

to deprive of virile or procreative power; to castrate:

to deprive of masculine vigor or spirit; to weaken:

Origin

From Medieval Latin ēmasculātus, perfect passive participle of ēmasculō (“to emasculate”)

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).

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