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eunuch

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6 lettersPronunciation /ˈjuː.nək/Part of speech nounSorted cehnuuStarts with EEnds with H0 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. a man who has been castrated and is incapable of reproduction

Word origin

From Middle English eunuk, from Middle French eunuque, from Latin eunūchus, from Ancient Greek εὐνοῦχος (eunoûkhos), from εὐνή (eunḗ, “bed”) + ἔχω (ékhō, “to have, keep”). Originally probably used to refer to a bed chamber attendant.

Used in a sentence

  • Semiramis was the first woman to invent eunuchs and women have had sympathy for them ever since; […] and women can tell them what they can't tell other men.
  • He ſhall be made a chaſte and luſtleſſe Eunuch, And in my Sarell tend my Concubines
  • I, and by heauen, one that will doe the deede, / Though Argus were her Eunuch and her garde.

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