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
Synonyms:
noun
One that is epicene.
American Heritage
An epicene person.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
- intersex
- hermaphrodite
- epicene person
- androgyne
- gynandromorph
Other Word Forms of Epicene
Noun
Singular:
epicenePlural:
epicenesOrigin of Epicene
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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
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From Middle English, from Latin epicoenus, from Ancient Greek ἐπίκοινος (epikoinos, “common”).
From Wiktionary
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