Epicene Definition

ĕpĭ-sēn
adjective
Having characteristics of both sexes.
American Heritage
Designating a noun, as in Latin or Greek, having only one grammatical form to denote an individual of either sex.
Webster's New World
Belonging to one sex but having characteristics of the other, or of neither; specif., effeminate; unmanly.
Webster's New World
Having only one form for both the male and the female.
An epicene pronoun.
American Heritage

Lacking gender distinction, often specifically due to lack of either the masculine or the feminine.

Wiktionary
noun
One that is epicene.
American Heritage
An epicene person.
Webster's New World
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Other Word Forms of Epicene

Noun

Singular:
epicene
Plural:
epicenes

Origin of Epicene

  • Middle English having only one form of the noun for either gender from Latin epicoenus from Greek epikoinos in common epi- epi- koinos common kom in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Middle English, from Latin epicoenus, from Ancient Greek ἐπίκοινος (epikoinos, “common”).

    From Wiktionary

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