demasculate

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Etymology[edit]

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Particularly: “How old is this word? Just heard it today for the first time used by a Millennial. Seems like a corruption of emasculate to me.”

Verb[edit]

demasculate (third-person singular simple present demasculates, present participle demasculating, simple past and past participle demasculated)

  1. (transitive) To remove the masculinity from (somebody).

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