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1. (adj.) epicene
belonging to, or partaking of the characteristics of, both sexes.
2. epicene
flaccid; feeble:
epicene prose.
3. epicene
effeminate; unmasculine.
4. epicene
(of a noun or pronoun) capable of referring to either sex, as attendant, or
they.
5. epicene
(of Greek and Latin nouns) of the same gender class regardless of the sex of the referent.
6. (n.) epicene
an epicene person or thing.
Etymology: (1400–50; < L epicoenus of both genders < Gk epíkoinos common to many =epi-epi - +koinós common)
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| Definition of 'epicene' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adj) hermaphrodite, intersex, gynandromorph, androgyne, epicene, epicene person
one having both male and female sexual characteristics and organs; at birth an unambiguous assignment of male or female cannot be made
2. (adj) bisexual, epicene
having an ambiguous sexual identity
3. (adj) effeminate, emasculate, epicene, cissy, sissified, sissyish, sissy
having unsuitable feminine qualities
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. epicene
common to both sexes; -- a term applied, in grammar, to such nouns as have but one form of gender, either the masculine or feminine, to indicate animals of both sexes; as boy^s, bos, for the ox and cow; sometimes applied to eunuchs and hermaphrodites
2. epicene
fig.: Sexless; neither one thing nor the other
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