unman

Etymology

From un- (“de-, dis-, away”) + man (“male person”). Compare Dutch ontmannen, German entmannen, both “to unman, emasculate, castrate”.

verb

1. (transitive, archaic) To castrate; to remove the manhood of.
   He unmanned himself under a pine-tree and bled to death on the spot. 1906, James George Frazer, Attis, Otis, Osiris, volume 1, page 264
2. (transitive, figurative) To sap (a person) of the strength, whether physical or emotional, required to deal with a situation.
   I hope to God his theories will not unman him in action, that he will not be musing and refining when he should be leading the Jacks […] 1855, William Delafield Arnold, Oakfield: Or, Fellowship in the East, page 280
   He dressed moodily, and left the room to go down to breakfast. Breakfast would at least alleviate this sinking feeling which was unmanning him. 1919, P. G. Wodehouse, chapter //dummy.host/index.php?title=s%3Aen%3AA+Damsel+in+Distress%2FChapter+5 5, in A Damsel in Distress
3. (transitive) To deprive of men.