- A vacuum tube in which the exhaustion is carried to a
very high degree, with the production of a distinct class of effects;
-- so called from W. Crookes who introduced it.
- One who affects excessive refinement and elegance of
language; -- applied esp. to a class of writers, in the age of
Elizabeth, whose productions are marked by affected conceits and
high-flown diction.
- Castrated man - Castrated servant - Harem guard - A male of the human species castrated; commonly, one of a
class of such persons, in Oriental countries, having charge of the
women's apartments. Some of them, in former times, gained high official
rank. - Alt. of Eunuchate