Meanings
- uncountableThe condition of being a eunuch.
Again, that Eunuchism (not in itself, but) for the Kingdom of Heaven, is better than it, we doubt not.
1620, Joseph Hall, The Honour of the Married Clergy1 more example
A Greek historian Phylarchus describes a white root indigenous to India that caused eunuchism when a person bathed in water in which the root was steeped.
1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 123Synonyms: eunuchry
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe condition of being a eunuch.
Origin
- Latineunuchismus“act of unmanning”
- Englisheunuchism
Latin eunuchismus (“act of unmanning”), equivalent to eunuch + -ism.
More words from Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
German Eunuchismus
- Eunuchismuseunuchism
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