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Chris -- 2018-04-11
The Online ED traces the origin of the word eunuch to Gk and beyond:
from Greek eunoukhos “castrated man,” originally “guard of the bedchamber or harem,” from euno-, comb. form of eune “bed,” a word of unknown origin, + -okhos, from stem of ekhein “to have, hold”
My brother thought a better name for eunuchs would be no-nuchs. Eunuchs would certainly be unique from various angles, in particular as a consequence of their inability to reproduce themselves.
Male pattern baldness is linked to testosterone in that uniques, or castrated males do not experience it
“Meds talk:http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:GWxzyNs8XCYJ:www.crazymeds.us/CrazyTalk/index.php/topic/16413-inositol-for-depression-and-ocd/+&cd=9&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=ca&lr=lang_en
The majority of the male slaves were castrated to work as the uniques in Sultan’s Haram
Eighth European Conference of Iranian Studies. Abstracts
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A good candidate. Some examples may be cupertinos, though. My spelling checker suggests “unique” when I type “eunique.”
Hatching new language, one eggcorn at a time.
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