CASTRATED

castrated, unsexed

(adjective) deprived of sexual capacity or sexual attributes

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Adjective

castrated (comparative more castrated, superlative most castrated)

Having had the reproductive organs removed (testicles in males, ovaries in females).

Verb

castrated

simple past tense and past participle of castrate

Anagrams

• Tadcaster

Source: Wiktionary


CASTRATE

Cas"trate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Castrated; p. pr. & vb. n. Castrating.] Etym: [L. castrarus, p; p. of castrare to castrate, asin to Skr. çastra knife.]

1. To deprive of the testicles; to emasculate; to geld; to alter.

2. To cut or take out; esp. to remove anything erroneous, or objectionable from, as the obscene parts of a writing; to expurgate. My . . . correspondent . . . has sent me the following letter, which I have castrated in some places. Spectator.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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