effeminate, emasculate, epicene, cissy, sissified, sissyish, sissy
(adjective) having unsuitable feminine qualities
emasculate, castrate, demasculinize, demasculinise
(verb) remove the testicles of a male animal
emasculate, castrate
(verb) deprive of strength or vigor; “The Senate emasculated the law”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
emasculate (comparative more emasculate, superlative most emasculate)
Deprived of virility or vigor; unmanned, weak.
emasculate (third-person singular simple present emasculates, present participle emasculating, simple past and past participle emasculated)
(transitive) To deprive of virile or procreative power; to castrate, to geld. [from early 17th c.]
Synonym: unman
(transitive) To deprive of masculine vigor or spirit; to weaken; to render effeminate; to vitiate by unmanly softness. [from early 17th c.]
Synonyms: unman, debilitate, demasculate, enervate, enfeeble
Antonyms: empower, invigorate, masculate (obsolete), strengthen
(transitive, botany) Of a flower: to deprive of the anthers.
• emaculates
Source: Wiktionary
E*mas"cu*late, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Emasculated; p. pr. & vb. n. Emasculating.] Etym: [L. emasculare; e + masculus male, masculine. See Male masculine.]
1. To deprive of virile or procreative power; to castrate power; to castrate; to geld.
2. To deprive of masculine vigor or spirit; to weaken; to render effeminate; to vitiate by unmanly softness. Luxury had not emasculated their minds. V. Knox.
E*mas"cu*late, a.
Definition: Deprived of virility or vigor; unmanned; weak. "Emasculate slave." Hammond.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
28 November 2024
(noun) the fusion of originally different inflected forms (resulting in a reduction in the use of inflections)
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
