epicene

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From Middle English < Latin epicoenus < Ancient Greek επίκοινος (common).

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  • (US) IPA: /ˈɛp.ɪˌsin/

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epicene (not comparable)

Positive
epicene

Comparative
not comparable

Superlative
none (absolute)

  1. lacking gender distinction, often specifically due to lack of either the masculine or the feminine
  2. effeminatemale with unusually strong female characteristics;
  3. (biology) androgynous, hermaphrodite — having both male and female characteristics;
  4. (biology) asexual — having neither male nor female characteristics;
  5. (linguistics) having only one form of the word, which serves as both masculine and feminine, even for either male or female referents.

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Singular
epicene

Plural
epicenes

epicene (plural epicenes)

  1. A hermaphrodite person or other creature
  2. An effeminate person
  3. An epicene word, without separate grammatical gender forms.
  4. An epicene object

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epicene f.

  1. Feminine plural form of epiceno