OriginFrom Latin spadō, from Ancient Greek.
- archaicSomeone who has been castrated; a eunuch or castrato.
“an impotency, or total privation thereof, prolongeth life; and they live longest in every kind that exercise it not at all. And this is true, not only in eunuchs by nature, but spadoes by art […]”
Formsspados(plural) · spadoes(plural) · spadones(plural)