EMASCULATE

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

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Etymology

Adjective

emasculate (comparative more emasculate, superlative most emasculate)

Deprived of virility or vigor; unmanned, weak.

Verb

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.

Anagrams

• emaculates

Source: Wiktionary

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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

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