Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

eunuchate

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: eu-nuchate
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To make a eunuch of; to castrate (a man).

Dated; Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"That camphire eunuchates or begets in men an impotency unto venery, observation will hardly confirm; and we have found it to fail in cocks and hens, though given for many daies; which was a more favourable triall then that of Scaliger, when he gave it unto a bitch that was proud."
"I have enveavored to show, neither do they condemn Polygamy, Eunuchating, the Metempsychosis, and I might have added, the atrocious cruelties of the ancient Circus or Amphetheater, though St. Paul obtains some of his most striking Metaphors from that source."
"The first draft's definition of indecency, which would have eunuchated literature entirely, was changed to read: "the word 'indecent' shall be construed as including suggestive of, or inciting to sexual immorality or unnatural vice or likely in any other similar way to corrupt or deprave.""

Etymology

Latin eunuchatus, perfect participle of eunucho.

Usage

Inflected Forms

eunuchates (present, singular) eunuchating (participle, present) eunuchated (participle, past) eunuchated (past)

Questions

What does eunuchate mean?: To make a eunuch of; to castrate (a man).
Where does eunuchate come from?: Latin eunuchatus, perfect participle of eunucho.

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