neuter
neuter definition
neu·ter (no̵̅o̅t′ər, nyo̵̅o̅t′-)
adjective
- Archaic taking neither side; neutral
- Biol.
- having no sexual organ; asexual
- having undeveloped or imperfect sexual organs in the adult, as the worker bee
- Gram.
- designating, of, or belonging to a third gender, existing in many highly inflected languages, consisting of words that have neither masculine nor feminine grammatical gender
- neither active nor passive; intransitive: said of verbs
Etymology: ME neutre < MFr or L: MFr neutre < L neuter, neither < ne-, not (see no) + uter, either
noun
- a castrated or spayed animal
- Archaic a neutral person or group
- Biol. a plant or animal lacking, or having undeveloped, sexual organs
- Gram.
- the neuter gender
- a word or form in this gender
- an intransitive verb
transitive verb
to castrate or spay (an animal)
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