epicene

Noun · Adjective
Synonyms: hermaphroditeintersexgynandromorphandrogyneepicene personbisexualeffeminateemasculatecissysissifiedsissyishsissy

WordNet 3.0

Noun (1)

  1. one having both male and female sexual characteristics and organs; at birth an unambiguous assignment of male or female cannot be madeSynonyms: hermaphroditeintersexgynandromorphandrogyneepicene person

Adjective (2)

  1. having an ambiguous sexual identitySynonyms: bisexual
  2. having unsuitable feminine qualitiesSynonyms: effeminateemasculatecissysissifiedsissyishsissy
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Epicene \Ep"i*cene\, a. & n. [L. epicoenus, Gr. ?; fr. 'epi` + ? common; cf. F. ['e]pic[`e]ne.]

1.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. [1913 Webster]

2.Fig.: Sexless; neither one thing nor the other. [1913 Webster]

The literary prigs epicene.— Prof. Wilson.[1913 Webster]
He represented an epicene species, neither churchman nor layman.— J. A. Symonds.[1913 Webster]
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