单词 | evirate |
释义 | evirate/ˈiːvɪreɪt / /ˈɛːvɪreɪt /verb [with object] rare 1Castrate (a man or male animal).At the age of eighteen he evirated himself, thus hoping to open the pathway to Christian perfection....
1.1Deprive (a man) of his male role or identity; emasculate.Their minds are debased and evirated by effeminacy, lasciviousness, and fondness for loose pleasures....
OriginEarly 17th century: from Latin evirat-, from the verb evirare (from e-, expressing a change of state, + vir 'man'): see -ate3. |
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