Definitions for unsexʌnˈsɛks
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
un•sexʌnˈsɛks(v.t.)
to deprive of sexual power; spay or castrate.
Category: Zoology
to deprive or divest of the qualities deemed appropriate for one's sex.
Category: Psychology, Common Vocabulary
Origin of unsex:
1595–1605
Princeton's WordNet
unsex(verb)
deprive of sex or sexual powers
unsex(verb)
remove the qualities typical of one's sex
"She unsexed herself"
sterilize, sterilise, desex, unsex, desexualize, desexualise, fix(verb)
make infertile
"in some countries, people with genetically transmissible disabilites are sterilized"
Wiktionary
unsex(Verb)
To deprive of sexual attributes or characteristics
unsex(Verb)
To sterilize
unsex(Verb)
To castrate
Webster Dictionary
Unsex(verb)
to deprive of sex, or of qualities becoming to one's sex; esp., to make unfeminine in character, manners, duties, or the like; as, to unsex a woman
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