EUNUCH


Meaning of EUNUCH in English

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

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