neuter

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IPA（発音記号）

/ˈnjuːtə/

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(now uncommon) Neutral; on neither side; neither one thing nor another. / (grammar) Having a form which is not masculine nor feminine; or having a form which is not of common gender.

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In older grammars, neuter was used as an adjective to indicate that something was neutral rather than specifically masculine or feminine.

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意味（1）

(now uncommon) Neutral; on neither side; neither one thing nor another.

But if I could, by Him that gave me life, I would attach you all and make you stoop Unto the sovereign mercy of the king; But since I cannot, be it known to you I do remain as neuter.

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意味（2）

(grammar) Having a form which is not masculine nor feminine; or having a form which is not of common gender.

a neuter noun

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意味（3）

(grammar) Intransitive.

a neuter verb

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意味（4）

(biology) Sexless: having no or imperfectly developed sex organs.

[…] I should never have anticipated that natural selection could have been efficient in so high a degree, had not the case of these neuter insects convinced me of the fact.

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意味（5）

(literary) Sexless, nonsexual.

Rich girls stayed home and got married and then put out occasionally, but only as their wifely duty. Prior to the sexual revolution in the 1960s southern belles were the most neuter members of the human race[.]

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more neuter （ comparative ）

most neuter （ superlative ）