# emasculate

> English word · Verb · IPA /ɪˈmask.jʊlˌeɪt/ · frequency rank #95,935

## Definitions
1. To deprive of virile or procreative power; to castrate, to geld.
2. To deprive of virile or procreative power; to castrate, to geld.
3. To deprive of masculine vigor or spirit; to weaken; to render effeminate; to vitiate by unmanly softness.
4. Of a flower: to deprive of the anthers.

## Etymology
From Medieval Latin ēmasculātus, perfect passive participle of ēmasculō (“to emasculate”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from ē(x)- (“out, from, apart”) + masculus (“male, masculine”) + -ō (first conjugation verb-forming suffix), further from mās (“a man, a male”) + -culus (diminutive suffix).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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