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epicene
adjective as in weak
Weak matches
adjective as in unmasculine
Strongest matches
Example Sentences
The courtiers were an effete and in some cases epicene crew.
In English grammar there are no true epicene nouns, but the term is sometimes used instead of common gender.
The latest development of the impulses which animate the epicene sex has taken its expression in after-dinner oratory.
This seemed to him an odd way to look at things, and he boggled over a phrase about an "epicene lily."
What's the meaning of this; and what, may I ask, is the intention of this—this epicene attire?
He was a great contrast to the epicene bird-like creature who had lorded it over the civic fortunes of Valladolid.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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