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Definition of Androgyne
1. Noun. One having both male and female sexual characteristics and organs; at birth an unambiguous assignment of male or female cannot be made.
Generic synonyms: Bisexual, Bisexual Person
Derivative terms: Androgenous, Androgynous, Gynandromorphous, Hermaphrodite, Hermaphroditic, Hermaphroditic
Definition of Androgyne
1. n. An hermaphrodite.
Definition of Androgyne
1. Noun. A person who is androgynous. (defdate from mid-16th c.) ¹
2. Noun. An androgynous plant. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Androgyne
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Androgyne
Literary usage of Androgyne
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Ancient Pagan and Modern Christian Symbolism by Thomas Inman, John Newton (1884)
"one of the many symbols of an androgyne creator. In the first of the Avatars of
Vishnu, he is represented as emerging from the mouth of a fish, ..."
2. The Heart of Things, Written Down by Edward Clarence Farnsworth (1914)
"With the Divine androgyne, the Christos model for this planet is attained. ...
Eve's creation was the attained androgyne state; while the fall and expulsion ..."
3. An Historical and Critical Dictionary by Pierre Bayle (1826)
"Plato adds, " that the males, who are one half of an androgyne, are very much
addicted to women; and that the females, who are one half of an androgyne, ..."
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