spado

American

[spey-doh] / ˈspeɪ doʊ /

noun

Civil Law. an impotent person; someone unable to procreate.
a castrated man or animal.

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Noun Inflected Forms

spadones

plural

Etymology

Origin of spado

1400–50; late Middle English < Latin spadō < Greek spádōn eunuch; akin to spân to tear off

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spado

He was an old man, very tall, with a long cloak on, a tye-wig without any curl, and a spado of immense length by his aide.

From A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume 17 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time by Kerr, Robert

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