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neuter
[ noo-ter, nyoo- ]
adjective
- Grammar.
- noting or pertaining to a gender that refers to things classed as neither masculine nor feminine.
- (of a verb) intransitive.
- Zoology, Botany. having no organs of reproduction; without sex; asexual.
- Zoology. having imperfectly developed sexual organs, as the worker bees and ants.
- neutral; siding with no one.
noun
- Grammar.
- the neuter gender.
- a noun of that gender.
- another element marking that gender.
- an intransitive verb.
- an animal made sterile by castration or spaying.
- Zoology. a neuter insect.
- a person or thing that is neutral.
neuter
/ ˈnjuːtə /
adjective
- grammar
- denoting or belonging to a gender of nouns which for the most part have inanimate referents or do not specify the sex of their referents
- ( as noun )
German ``Mädchen'' (meaning ``girl'') is a neuter
- (of animals and plants) having nonfunctional, underdeveloped, or absent reproductive organs
- sexless or giving no indication of sex
a neuter sort of name
noun
- a sexually underdeveloped female insect, such as a worker bee
- a castrated animal, esp a domestic animal
- a flower in which the stamens and pistil are absent or nonfunctional
verb
- tr to castrate or spay (an animal)
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Word History and Origins
Origin of neuter1
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Example Sentences
She says the Humane Society would like to enforce spay and neuter laws to the point where there would be no purebred dogs left.
It seeks to neuter the criticism of any lurking Paltrow naysayers wishing to transfer their negativity to Lively.
In a land where resources are scarce, and spay-neuter initiatives are only starting to make inroads, this is not surprising.
Take that away, or neuter the violence too much, and enrollment drops.
Pro: “My God, it is intolerable to think of spending ones whole life, like a neuter bee, working, working & nothing after all.”
The word mistranslated “greater,” πλεῖον, is neuter and cannot be applied to a man.
In my rendering of this the pronoun "his" must be understood in its old English latitude as either neuter or masculine.
The neuter of Myrmica rubra, another ant, has no ocelli or stemmata, although the male and female are provided with them.
Mtzner translates quia situm est in malo, treating ille as a neuter noun, evil.
To grumble, as Cox pointed out to Mrs. Bouncer, is a verb neuter meaning to complain without a cause.
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