unsexv.

Brit.

/(ˌ)ʌnˈsɛks/, U.S.

/ˌənˈsɛks/

Forms: see un- prefix² and sex n.¹

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix², sex n.¹

Etymology: < un- prefix² + sex n.¹

1. transitive. Chiefly depreciative. To deprive or divest (a person) of the characteristics, attributes, or qualities traditionally or popularly associated with his or her sex. Frequently reflexive: to behave in a manner contrary to what is traditionally expected or accepted of one's sex. Cf. desex v. 1a.More typically used of women than of men.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > sex and gender > [verb (transitive)] > deprive of sex or gender

unsexa1616

desexualize1863

desex1889

asexualize1914

degender1965

a1616 W. Shakespeare Macbeth (1623) i. v. 40 Come you Spirits, That tend on mortall thoughts, vnsex me here.

1657 J. Harington Hist. Polindor & Flostella (ed. 3) ii. 58 They soon Vnsex'd him for a while With her best Silken cloathes.

a1766 F. Sheridan Concl. Mem. Miss Sidney Bidulph (1770) V. lxi. 173 I would not have my sister so far unsex herself as to have been aiding and assisting in so bold an enterprize as this is.

1793 A. Murphy tr. Tacitus Annals i, in tr. Tacitus Wks. I. 73 If a woman can thus unsex herself at the head of the eagles.

1861 New Monthly Mag. 122 61 His devotion to the sex then appears to unsex him. He forgets himself amid womanish pursuits.

1896 Godey's Mag. Apr. 447/1 Men declare that the petticoatless female has unsexed herself and has left her modesty behind.

1929 R. S. Lynd & H. M. Lynd Middletown v. 25 An old friend of her mother's protested that such work would ‘un-sex’ her.

1953 W. M. Eagar Making Men viii. 290 No woman could in 1850 lift up her voice in an assembly of gentlemen without unsexing herself.

2010 M. Kimmel Misframing Men xi. 204 As the old adage puts it, men are unsexed by failure; women are unsexed by success.

a. transitive. To make (a person) neither male nor female; to render sexless. Also figurative: to make neutral.In quot. 1828 intransitive with object implied.

ΚΠ

1828 London Mag. Aug. 6 The execution of a power to sex and unsex at pleasure.

1844 E. B. Barrett Poems I. 148 Beat purer, heart,..Till God unsex thee on the spirit-shore.

1905 C. Petersilea Lett. from Spirit World xii. 66 I shall ask the before-mentioned grey-bearded, abstruse philosopher and thinker, how he would like to be unsexed, be neither man nor woman?

1955 W. H. Auden Shield of Achilles i. 27 A day that meekly takes The potter's cuff, a gravel that as concrete Will unsex any space which it encloses.

1999 A. Arensberg Incubus vi. xvi. 189 Theologians unsexed the angels and censored the chronicles of their deeds.

b. transitive. To remove the womb or ovaries of (a woman); to castrate (a man or male animal); to desex.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > biology > biological processes > procreation or reproduction > infertility > infertile [verb (transitive)] > castrate or spay

unsex1849

desex1892

1849 Lancet 27 Oct. 447/2 Simply dividing the Fallopian tubes, thus preventing sexual heat..without unsexing the animal.

1896 Amer. Jrnl. Obstetr. & Dis. Women & Children Jan. 101 The woman should not have been unsexed. Myomectomy was the operation to have been done.

1920 Mod. Hosp. Nov. 407/1 In beef, the bull is always tough;..the steer, which is a male that has been unsexed while young, is the most choice.

2011 M. Akers Flames after Midnight (rev. ed.) vi. 63 More likely, only Curry was unsexed. The men in the mob..had reservations about the guilt of Jones and Cornish.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	unsex
释义	unsexv. Brit. /(ˌ)ʌnˈsɛks/, U.S. /ˌənˈsɛks/ Forms: see un- prefix² and sex n.¹ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix², sex n.¹ Etymology: < un- prefix² + sex n.¹ 1. transitive. Chiefly depreciative. To deprive or divest (a person) of the characteristics, attributes, or qualities traditionally or popularly associated with his or her sex. Frequently reflexive: to behave in a manner contrary to what is traditionally expected or accepted of one's sex. Cf. desex v. 1a.More typically used of women than of men. ΘΚΠ the world > life > sex and gender > [verb (transitive)] > deprive of sex or gender unsexa1616 desexualize1863 desex1889 asexualize1914 degender1965 a1616 W. Shakespeare Macbeth (1623) i. v. 40 Come you Spirits, That tend on mortall thoughts, vnsex me here. View more context for this quotation 1657 J. Harington Hist. Polindor & Flostella (ed. 3) ii. 58 They soon Vnsex'd him for a while With her best Silken cloathes. a1766 F. Sheridan Concl. Mem. Miss Sidney Bidulph (1770) V. lxi. 173 I would not have my sister so far unsex herself as to have been aiding and assisting in so bold an enterprize as this is. 1793 A. Murphy tr. Tacitus Annals i, in tr. Tacitus Wks. I. 73 If a woman can thus unsex herself at the head of the eagles. 1861 New Monthly Mag. 122 61 His devotion to the sex then appears to unsex him. He forgets himself amid womanish pursuits. 1896 Godey's Mag. Apr. 447/1 Men declare that the petticoatless female has unsexed herself and has left her modesty behind. 1929 R. S. Lynd & H. M. Lynd Middletown v. 25 An old friend of her mother's protested that such work would ‘un-sex’ her. 1953 W. M. Eagar Making Men viii. 290 No woman could in 1850 lift up her voice in an assembly of gentlemen without unsexing herself. 2010 M. Kimmel Misframing Men xi. 204 As the old adage puts it, men are unsexed by failure; women are unsexed by success. 2. a. transitive. To make (a person) neither male nor female; to render sexless. Also figurative: to make neutral.In quot. 1828 intransitive with object implied. ΚΠ 1828 London Mag. Aug. 6 The execution of a power to sex and unsex at pleasure. 1844 E. B. Barrett Poems I. 148 Beat purer, heart,..Till God unsex thee on the spirit-shore. 1905 C. Petersilea Lett. from Spirit World xii. 66 I shall ask the before-mentioned grey-bearded, abstruse philosopher and thinker, how he would like to be unsexed, be neither man nor woman? 1955 W. H. Auden Shield of Achilles i. 27 A day that meekly takes The potter's cuff, a gravel that as concrete Will unsex any space which it encloses. 1999 A. Arensberg Incubus vi. xvi. 189 Theologians unsexed the angels and censored the chronicles of their deeds. b. transitive. To remove the womb or ovaries of (a woman); to castrate (a man or male animal); to desex. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > biological processes > procreation or reproduction > infertility > infertile [verb (transitive)] > castrate or spay unsex1849 desex1892 1849 Lancet 27 Oct. 447/2 Simply dividing the Fallopian tubes, thus preventing sexual heat..without unsexing the animal. 1896 Amer. Jrnl. Obstetr. & Dis. Women & Children Jan. 101 The woman should not have been unsexed. Myomectomy was the operation to have been done. 1920 Mod. Hosp. Nov. 407/1 In beef, the bull is always tough;..the steer, which is a male that has been unsexed while young, is the most choice. 2011 M. Akers Flames after Midnight (rev. ed.) vi. 63 More likely, only Curry was unsexed. The men in the mob..had reservations about the guilt of Jones and Cornish. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < v.a1616
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