epicene
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ep·i·cene
(ĕp'ĭ-sēn') 
adj.
adj.
- Belonging to or having the characteristics of both the male and the female: an epicene statue.
- Effeminate; unmanly.
- Sexless; neuter.
- Linguistics. Having only one form of the noun for both the male and the female.
- One that is epicene.
- 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.Roget's Thesaurus:
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categories related to 'epicene'
- Grammar and Usage - epicene: (adj) designating a noun or pronoun capable of referring to either sex
- Sexuality and Libido - epicene: (adj) with characteristics of both sexes; sexless, neither male nor female
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