unman
/ʌnˈmæn/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.11 in modern English
7
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Unman not therefore thy self by a beastial transformation, nor realize old Fables."
- "He unmanned himself under a pine-tree and bled to death on the spot."
- "I hope to God his theories will not unman him in action, that he will not be musing and refining when he should be leading the Jacks […]"
- "He dressed moodily, and left the room to go down to breakfast. Breakfast would at least alleviate this sinking feeling which was unmanning him."
- "Meta has created a vision of life in which, without A.I. aiding his every word, an individual can be left reeling by the simplest of human interactions, unmanned by an ordinary dad joke."
Etymology
From un- (“de-, dis-, away”) + man (“male person”). Compare Dutch ontmannen, German entmannen, both “to unman, emasculate, castrate”.
Word Breakdown
- Prefix: un
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ʌnˈmæn/