transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈyü-nək, -nik ]
noun
Etymology: Middle English eunuk, from Latin eunuchus, from Greek eunouchos, from eunē bed + echein to have, have charge of — more at scheme
Date: 15th century
1. : a castrated man placed in charge of a harem or employed as a chamberlain in a palace
2. : a man or boy deprived of the testes or external genitals
3. : one that lacks virility or power
political eunuch s
• eu·nuch·ism -nə-ˌki-zəm, -ni- noun