different between emaciate vs emasculate

English

Etymology

From Latin emaciare (“to make lean, cause to waste away”), from ex- (“out”) + macies (“leanness”), from macer (“thin”).

Pronunciation

Verb

emaciate (third-person singular simple present emaciates, present participle emaciating, simple past and past participle emaciated)

1. (transitive) To make extremely thin or wasted.
2. (intransitive) To become extremely thin or wasted.

Derived terms

• emaciated
• emaciation

Related terms

• meager

See also

• gaunt

Translations

Further reading

• emaciate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• emaciate in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “emaciate”, in Online Etymology Dictionary

Adjective

emaciate (comparative more emaciate, superlative most emaciate)

1. emaciated

Italian

Adjective

emaciate

1. feminine plural of emaciato

English

Etymology

From Latin emasculare or emascul? (“to emasculate”), from ?- (a variant of ex- (suffix denoting privation), from Proto-Indo-European *h?e??s (“out”)) + masculus (“male, masculine; a man”) + -? (“suffix forming verbs”). Masculus is derived from m?s (“a man, a male”) + -culus (suffix forming a diminutive of a noun).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??mæskj?le?t/
• (General American) enPR: ?.m?s?ky?.l?t', IPA^(key): /i?mæskj??le?t/
• Hyphenation: emas?cu?late

Adjective

emasculate (comparative more emasculate, superlative most emasculate)

1. Deprived of virility or vigor; unmanned, weak.

Translations

Verb

emasculate (third-person singular simple present emasculates, present participle emasculating, simple past and past participle emasculated)

1. (transitive) To deprive of virile or procreative power; to castrate, to geld. [from early 17th c.]

   Synonym: unman

   1. (specifically) To remove the entire male genitalia (the testicles, scrotum, and penis) of (a person or animal).
2. (transitive) To deprive of masculine vigor or spirit; to weaken; to render effeminate; to vitiate by unmanly softness. [from early 17th c.]

   Synonyms: unman, debilitate, demasculate, enervate, enfeeble

   Antonyms: empower, invigorate, (obsolete) masculate, strengthen
3. (transitive, botany) Of a flower: to deprive of the anthers.

Translations

Related terms

• emasculated (adjective)
• emasculation
• emasculative
• emasculator
• emasculatory
• emasculatrix

References

Further reading

• emasculation on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• emaculates