Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗verb
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryTo divest of humanity. · To castrate; to remove the manhood of. · To sap (a person) of the strength, whether physical or emotional, required to deal with a situation. · To deprive of men.
From un- (“de-, dis-, away”) + man (“male person”). Compare Dutch ontmannen, German entmannen, both “to unman, emasculate, castrate”.
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