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Definition of Epicene

1. Adjective. Having an ambiguous sexual identity.

2. Noun. One having both male and female sexual characteristics and organs; at birth an unambiguous assignment of male or female cannot be made.

3. Adjective. Having unsuitable feminine qualities.

Definition of Epicene

1. a. & n. 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.

Definition of Epicene

1. Adjective. lacking gender distinction, often specifically due to lack of either the masculine or the feminine ¹

2. Adjective. effeminate (gloss male with unusually strong female characteristics) ¹

3. Adjective. (biology) androgynous, hermaphrodite (gloss having both male and female characteristics) ¹

4. Adjective. (biology) asexual (gloss having neither male nor female characteristics) ¹

5. Adjective. (linguistics) having only one form of the word, which serves as both masculine and feminine, even for either male or female referents ¹

6. Noun. A hermaphrodite person or other creature ¹

7. Noun. An effeminate person ¹

8. Noun. An epicene word, without separate grammatical gender forms. ¹

9. Noun. An epicene object ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Epicene

1. one having both male and female characteristics [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Epicene

epicardial fat sign epicardially epicardium epicaricacy epicarican epicarp epicarpal epicarps epicatechin epicede

epicedes epicedia epicedial epicedium epicellular epicene pronoun epicene pronouns epicenes epicenism epicenisms

epicenter epicenters epicentra epicentral epicentre epicentres epicentrum epicerastic epichirema

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