Definitions for eunuch

eunuch eu·nuch

Spelling: [yoo-nuh k]
IPA: /ˈyu nək/

Eunuch is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 34 anagrams from letters in eunuch (cehnuu).

Definitions for eunuch

noun

  1. a castrated man, especially one formerly employed by rulers in the Middle East and Asia as a harem guard or palace official.

Origin of eunuch

1350-1400; Middle English eunuk Latin eunūchus Greek eunoûchos eunuch, chamberlain, equivalent to eune-, stem of eunḗ bed, place of sleeping + -ochos keeping (akin to échein to hold

Examples for eunuch

(b) His justification or raison d'tre explanation of the eunuch system.

"One could sell these women for a great price," said Menkera the eunuch.

In truth, we are tempted to pity this eunuch struggling with omnipotence.

Christianity arrived in Sudan, about 125 miles northeast of Khartoum, with the eunuch minister of Queen Candice in 35 AD.

Take the eunuch guard and the company of gardeners,76and suppress the flames at all cost.

His voice was high pitched and his whole manner suggested that of a eunuch.

Orleans himself may desire it, but the man is a eunuch in crime; he would, but he can't.

Ere the queen could reply, a eunuch entered, and whispered Boabdil.

The faithfulness of the eunuch has its parallel in that of the old negro slave.

But let us read 'the place of the Scripture' which the eunuch was reading when Philip joined him.

Word Value for eunuch
Scrable

11

Words with friends

14

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