unman

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Pronunciation

/ʌnˈmæn/

Definition of unman

4 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

verb

(archaic, transitive)To divest of humanity.

“Unman not therefore thy self by a beastial transformation, nor realize old Fables.”

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verb

(archaic, transitive)To divest of humanity.

“Unman not therefore thy self by a beastial transformation, nor realize old Fables.”
(archaic, transitive)To castrate; to remove the manhood of.

“He unmanned himself under a pine-tree and bled to death on the spot.”
(figuratively, transitive)To sap (a person) of the strength, whether physical or emotional, required to deal with a situation.

“I hope to God his theories will not unman him in action, that he will not be musing and refining when he should be leading the Jacks […]”
“He dressed moodily, and left the room to go down to breakfast. Breakfast would at least alleviate this sinking feeling which was unmanning him.”
“Meta has created a vision of life in which, without A.I. aiding his every word, an individual can be left reeling by the simplest of human interactions, unmanned by an ordinary dad joke.”
(transitive)To deprive of men.

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

From un- (“de-, dis-, away”) + man (“male person”). Compare Dutch ontmannen, German entmannen, both “to unman, emasculate, castrate”.

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