EUNUCH
ADJECTIVES
► UNGENITURED without testicles; pert. to a eunuch → Shakespeare usage
NOUNS – PERSON
► CAPON a eunuch → 1594 obs.
► CASTRATE a castrated man, a eunuch → 1639 obs.
► GELDED-MAN a eunuch → 1387 obs.
► GELDING a gelded person, a eunuch → 1382 obs.
► HALF-MAN a eunuch → 1727
► HIJRA in South Asia, esp. India: a eunuch, esp. one who dresses as a woman; also, a male transvestite, an androgynous or transgender person → 1838
► LIBBERT a eunuch; said of men or animals → 1821 Sc.
► SPADE a eunuch → 1680 obs.
► SPADO a eunuch; a castrated person → c1430
VERBS
► EUNUCHATE to make a eunuch of, to castrate; to deprive of virility or generative power → 1646 obs.