Definition of Epicene in English :

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Epicene meaning in English

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Epicene

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Noun

1. androgyne, epicene, epicene person, gynandromorph, hermaphrodite, intersex

one having both male and female sexual characteristics and organs; at birth an unambiguous assignment of male or female cannot be made

Adjective

2. bisexual, epicene

having an ambiguous sexual identity

3. cissy, effeminate, emasculate, epicene, sissified, sissy, sissyish

having unsuitable feminine qualities

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Epicene

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adjective
1. 
having the characteristics of both sexes; hermaphroditic
2. 
of neither sex; sexless
3. 
effeminate
4. grammar
a. 
denoting a noun that may refer to a male or a female, such as teacher as opposed to businessman or shepherd
b. 
(in Latin, Greek, etc) denoting a noun that retains the same grammatical gender regardless of the sex of the referent
noun
5. 
an epicene person or creature
6. 
an epicene noun

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Epicene

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adjective
1. 
designating a noun, as in Latin or Greek, having only one grammatical form to denote an individual of either sex
2. 
belonging to one sex but having characteristics of the other, or of neither; specif., effeminate; unmanly
noun
3. 
an epicene person

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Epicene

see synonyms of epicene
adj.
1. Having characteristics of both sexes.
2. Having characteristics traditionally ascribed to the other sex, especially as a male who is considered to be effeminate.
3. Having no characteristics of either sex.
4. Linguistics Having only one form for both the male and the female: an epicene pronoun.
n.
1. One that is epicene.
2. Linguistics An epicene word.

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