neuter
adjective
[ ˈnjuːtə ]
• of or denoting a gender of nouns in some languages, typically contrasting with masculine and feminine or common.
• "the Spirit is a neuter word in Greek"
• (of an animal) lacking developed sexual organs, or having had them removed.
neuter
noun
• a neuter word.
• a non-fertile caste of social insect, especially a worker bee or ant.
neuter
verb
• castrate or spay (a domestic animal).
• "all pit bulls must be registered and neutered"
Similar:
castrate,
geld,
cut,
emasculate,
spay,
sterilize,
fix,
desex,
alter,
doctor,
caponize,
eunuchize,
ovariectomize,
oophorectomize,
• make ineffective.
• "disarmament negotiations that will neuter their military power"
Origin:
late Middle English: via Old French from Latin neuter ‘neither’, from ne- ‘not’ + uter ‘either’.
