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epicene

 
Dictionary: ep·i·cene   (ĕp'ĭ-sēn') pronunciation
 
adj.
  1. Belonging to or having the characteristics of both the male and the female: an epicene statue.
  2. Effeminate; unmanly.
  3. Sexless; neuter.
  4. Linguistics. Having only one form of the noun for both the male and the female.
n.
  1. One that is epicene.
  2. Linguistics. An epicene word.

[Middle English, having only one form of the noun for either gender, from Latin epicoenus, from Greek epikoinos, in common : epi-, epi- + koinos, common.]

epicenism ep'i·cen'ism n.
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Thesaurus: epicene
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adjective

    Having qualities more appropriate to women than to men: effeminate, feminine, sissified, sissyish, unmanly, womanish. See gender.

 
Antonyms: epicene
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adj

Definition: effeminate
Antonyms: macho, masculine


 
WordNet: epicene
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The adjective has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: having an ambiguous sexual identity
  Synonym: bisexual

Meaning #2: having unsuitable feminine qualities
  Synonyms: effeminate, emasculate, cissy, sissified, sissyish, sissy


 
 
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