epicene

see definition of epicene

adjweak

Synonyms for epicene

adj weak

Antonyms for epicene

strong

androgynous

adjective. having male and female traits

bisexual

adjective. having relations with either gender

Word Origin & History

mid-15c., epycen, originally a grammatical term for nouns that may denote either gender, from Latin epicoenus "common," from Greek epikoinos "common to many, promiscuous," from epi "on" (see epi-) + koinos "common" (see coeno-). Extended sense of "characteristic of both sexes" first recorded in English c.1600; that of "effeminate" 1630s.

Example Sentences for epicene

What's the meaning of this; and what, may I ask, is the intention of this—this epicene attire?

He looked away, for that epicene tenderness of hers was too harrowing.

Sentiment is the ultima ratio feminarum, and of men whose natures are of the epicene gender.

But a liberal-minded public grew more and more in favor of epicene colleges.

He was a great contrast to the epicene bird-like creature who had lorded it over the civic fortunes of Valladolid.

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."

epicene

Synonyms for epicene

Antonyms for epicene

androgynous

bisexual

effeminate

prissy

sexless

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