epicene

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.

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.]

(EP-i-seen)

adjective
1. Having characteristics of both sexes.
2. Effeminate.

noun
A person or object that is epicene.

Etymology
From Middle English, from Latin epicoenus, from Greek epikoinos, epi- + koinos, common

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adjective

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

Definition: effeminate
Antonyms: macho, masculine