■ adjective
1》 of or denoting a gender of nouns typically contrasting with masculine and feminine or common.
2》 (of an animal) lacking developed sexual organs; castrated or spayed.
↘(of a plant or flower) having neither functional pistils nor stamens.
■ noun
1》 Grammar a ~ word.
2》 a non-fertile caste of social insect, especially a worker bee or ant.
↘a castrated or spayed domestic animal.
■ verb
1》 castrate or spay (a domestic animal).
2》 make ineffective.
Origin
ME: via OFr. from L. ~ 'neither', from ne- 'not' + uter 'either'.