eviration

English

Etymology

Latin eviratio.

Noun

eviration (uncountable)

1. (now rare, historical) Emasculation; effeminacy.
   • 1995, Gary Kates, Monsieur d'Eon Is a Woman, BasicBooks, page 170:

     Essentially, then, it was the fear of “eviration,” rather than any overt hostility to women, that excited Rousseauian passions.