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Castrato

//kæsˈtɹɑː.təʊ// adj, noun

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Castrated; especially castrated prepubescently. literally, not-comparable
  2. 2
    Having, using or containing the voice of a castrato (noun). not-comparable
  3. 3
    Originally composed for a castrato. not-comparable

    "Nowadays, either women or countertenors take the castrato roles."

Noun
  1. 1
    A male who has been castrated, especially a male whose testicles have been removed before puberty in order to retain his boyish voice.

    "A castrato stepped forward, a slender / young man with earnest grey eyes."

  2. 2
    a male singer who was castrated before puberty and retains a soprano or alto voice wordnet
  3. 3
    A male soprano or alto voice produced by castration of the treble singer before puberty, intended to conserve his voice; the singer.

    "As contexts shift, so does generational taste. Just ask the castrati – the high-voiced boy singers displaced when Enlightenment liberalism restored female performers to the stage."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Italian castrato, from Latin castrō (“to castrate”), likely from caedō (“to cut”).

Etymology 2

From Italian castrato, from Latin castrō (“to castrate”), likely from caedō (“to cut”).

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