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epicene

[ep-i-seen] / ˈɛp ɪˌsin /


ADJECTIVE
unmasculine
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In “Los Angeles Plays Itself,” still the best documentary ever made about the city and its architecture, director Thom Andersen wonders why “modernist architecture connotes epicene villainy” in so many movies.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 6, 2017

He titled his recent memoir, Master of Ceremonies, borrowing the name from his best-known role, the menacing, epicene emcee of Kander and Ebb’s Cabaret, a part he recreated for the Bob Fosse movie version.

From The Guardian Sep. 26, 2016

Setting thin, epicene Aubrey Beardsley-like figures against colorful art deco backgrounds, Nielsen was one of the most admired early 20th-century book illustrators, the equal to Edmund Dulac and Arthur Rackham.

From Washington Post Dec. 7, 2015

And Hillary is one of those epicene names—like Ashley, Kim and Vivian—that are more predominantly feminine in the U.S. than elsewhere in the Anglosphere.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 17, 2015

There was something fluid, almost epicene, about his lean body, and it made her remember that he had told her he did yoga.

From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie




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