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unsex

English

Etymology

un- +? sex

Verb

unsex (third-person singular simple present unsexes, present participle unsexing, simple past and past participle unsexed)

  1. To deprive of sexual attributes or characteristics.
    • 1603-06, William Shakespeare, Macbeth, Act I, Scene V:
      Lady Macbeth: "Come, you spirits / That tend on mortal thoughts! unsex me here, / And fill me from the crown to the toe full / Of direst cruelty:"
    • 1859, George Meredith, The Ordeal of Richard Feverel, Chapter 1:
      The Amazon cut off a breat to battle: How will not Woman disfigure and unsex herself to gain her end?
  2. To sterilize (deprive of the ability to procreate); to castrate.

Anagrams

  • UN*Xes, nexus, nexûs, nex?s

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unisex

English

Etymology

uni- +? sex

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [?ju?n??s?ks]

Adjective

unisex (not comparable)

  1. Designed to be suitable for any sex or gender.
    a unisex name
  2. Not distinguished on the basis of sex or gender.

Synonyms

  • epicene

Translations

References

  • “unisex”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.

Anagrams

  • Unixes

Catalan

Adjective

unisex (indeclinable)

  1. unisex

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English unisex, equivalent to uni- +? sex.

Adjective

unisex (invariable)

  1. unisex

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /u?nise?s/, [u?ni.se??s]

Adjective

unisex (invariable)

  1. unisex

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