About The Word Epicene
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Epicene
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What's The Definition Of Epicene?
[adj] having unsuitable feminine qualities
[adj] having an ambiguous sexual identity Synonyms | Synonyms for Epicene: androgynous | bisexual | cissy | effeminate | emasculate | sissified | sissy | sissyish | unmanful | unmanlike | unmanly Related Terms | Find terms related to Epicene: See Also | Epicene In Webster's Dictionary \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.
2. Fig.: Sexless; neither one thing nor the other.
The literary prigs epicene. --Prof.
Wilson.
He represented an epicene species, neither churchman
nor layman. --J. A.
Symonds.
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