unman

Bedeutung (Englisch)

  1. (archaic, transitive) To divest of humanity.
  2. (archaic, transitive) To castrate; to remove the manhood of.
  3. (figuratively, transitive) To sap (a person) of the strength, whether physical or emotional, required to deal with a situation.
  4. (transitive) To deprive of men.

Übersetzungen

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)
/ʌnˈmæn/
Etymologie (Englisch)

In summary

From un- (“de-, dis-, away”) + man (“male person”). Compare Dutch ontmannen, German entmannen, both “to unman, emasculate, castrate”.

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