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Epicene
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Meaning
Adj
●
In Linguistics, Gender & People:
Of or
relating
to a
class
of Greek and Latin
nouns
that may
refer
to
males
or
females
but have a
fixed
grammatical gender
(feminine,
masculine
,
neuter
, etc.).
●
In Linguistics:
Of or
relating
to
nouns
or
pronouns
in any language that have a
single
form for
male
and
female
referents.
●
Suitable for use
regardless of
sex
; unisex.
●
In Biology, Gender & People:
Of
indeterminate
sex
, whether
asexual
,
androgynous
,
hermaphrodite
, or
intersex
; of a human
face
,
intermediate
in form
between a man's
face
and a woman's
face
.
●
Indeterminate; mixed.
⚠️
Of a
man
: effeminate.
Noun
●
In Linguistics:
An
epicene
word
;
preceded
by the: the
epicene
words
of
a language
as a class.
●
In Biology, Gender & People:
An
epicene
person, whether
biologically
asexual
,
androgynous
,
hermaphrodite
, or
intersex
; an
androgyne
, a
hermaphrodite
.
●
In Gender & People:
A
transsexual
; also, a transvestite.
⚠️
An
effeminate
man.
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Synonyms
Common
Gynandromorphic
Gynandrous
EpicœNe
Epicoene
Gender-Neutral
Effeminate
Androgynous
Feminine
Unisex
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