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unsex

verb
/ʌnˈsɛks/

Etymology

From un- + sex.

  1. derived from *séksus✻
  2. derived from *seksus✻
  3. derived from sexus — “gender; gender traits; males or females; genitals”
  4. derived from sexe — “genitals; gender”
  5. inherited from sexe — “sex 􂀿distinction between male and female􂁀 and gender”
  6. prefixed as unsex — “un + sex”

Definitions

  1. To deprive of sexual attributes or characteristics.

    • Lady Macbeth: Come, you spirits That tend on mortal thoughts! unsex me here, And fill me from the crown to the toe full Of direst cruelty:
    • The Amazon cut off a breat to battle: How will not Woman disfigure and unsex herself to gain her end?
    • The Sea-king, Ravisher of Ilium Knows not her false and slavering tongue, thrust out, Lewd bitch, to lick and fawn and smile and be The secret soul of unforgiving hell! Dare it, She-devil! Unsex thyself, and be His murderess!

  2. To sterilize (deprive of the ability to procreate)

    To sterilize (deprive of the ability to procreate); to castrate.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for unsex. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA