eunuch

UK /ˈjuː.nək/ US /ˈjuː.nək/
noun 4verb 2

Definitions

noun

1

A castrated man.

Semiramis was the first woman to invent eunuchs and women have had sympathy for them ever since; […] and women can tell them what they can't tell other men.

2

Such a man employed as harem guard or in certain (mainly Eastern) monarchies (e.g. late Roman and Chinese Empires) as court or state officials.

He ſhall be made a chaſte and luſtleſſe Eunuch, And in my Sarell tend my Concubines

I, and by heauen, one that will doe the deede, / Though Argus were her Eunuch and her garde.

3

A man who is not inclined to marry and procreate.

4

One that is ineffectual.

Mr. Peterson really reaches for a low one when he says, "They (gays) should never commit themselves to any broader ideological movement." I am, paradoxically, a Christian, a Maxist, a Gay, and a Human Being. To be gay one should not be a political eunuch.

verb

1

To castrate.

2

To render ineffectual.

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