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adjective
1.
Grammar.
a.
noting or pertaining to a gender that refers to things classed as neither masculine nor feminine.
b.
(of a verb) intransitive.
2.
Biology. having no organs of reproduction; without sex; asexual.
3.
Zoology. having imperfectly developed sexual organs, as the worker bees and ants.
4.
Botany. having neither stamens nor pistils; asexual.
5.
neutral; siding with no one.
noun
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7.
an animal made sterile by castration or spaying.
8.
Zoology. a neuter insect.
9.
a person or thing that is neutral.
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verb (used with object)
10.
Veterinary Science. to spay or castrate (a dog, cat, etc.).
Origin:
1350–1400; < Latin neuter neither (of two), equivalent to ne not + uter either (of two); replacing Middle English neutre < Middle French < Latin, as above
1350–1400; < Latin neuter neither (of two), equivalent to ne not + uter either (of two); replacing Middle English neutre < Middle French < Latin, as above
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Word Origin & History
neuter
late 14c., of grammatical gender, "neither masculine nor feminine," from L. neuter, lit. "neither one nor the other," from ne- "not, no" (see un-) + uter "either (of two);" probably a loan-translation of Gk. oudeteros "neither, neuter." In 16c., it had the sense of "taking neither
EXPANDside, neutral." The verb is 1903, from the adj., originally in ref. to pet cats.
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neuter neu·ter (n&oomacr;'tər, ny&oomacr;'-)
adj.
Having undeveloped or imperfectly developed sexual organs.
Sexually undeveloped.
A castrated animal. v. neu·tered, neu·ter·ing, neu·ters
To castrate or spay.
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