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Definitions for: Epicene
[adj] having unsuitable feminine qualities
[adj] having an ambiguous sexual identity
Webster (1913) Definition: Ep"i*cene, a. & n. [L. epicoenus, Gr. ?; fr. 'epi` + ?
common; cf. F. ['e]pic[`e]ne.]
1. Common to both sexes; -- a term applied, in grammar, to
such nouns as have but one form of gender, either the
masculine or feminine, to indicate animals of both sexes;
as boy^s, bos, for the ox and cow; sometimes applied to
eunuchs and hermaphrodites.
2. Fig.: Sexless; neither one thing nor the other.
The literary prigs epicene. --Prof.
Wilson.
He represented an epicene species, neither churchman
nor layman. --J. A.
Symonds.
Synonyms: androgynous, bisexual, cissy, effeminate, emasculate, sissified, sissy, sissyish, unmanful, unmanlike, unmanly
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