castrato

Meanings

Plural: castrati, castratos

Noun

a male singer who was castrated before puberty and retains a soprano or alto voice
A male who has been castrated, especially a male whose testicles have been removed before puberty in order to retain his boyish voice.
A male soprano or alto voice produced by castration of the treble singer before puberty, intended to conserve his voice; the singer.

Adj

Castrated; especially castrated prepubescently.
Having, using or containing the voice of a castrato (noun).
Originally composed for a castrato.

Origin / Etymology

From Italian castrato, from Latin castrō (“to castrate”), likely from caedō (“to cut”).

Scrabble Score: 10

castrato is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
castrato is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
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Words With Friends Score: 11

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