epicene
Example Sentences
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There’s something of the Thin White Duke about Thomson — his author photo is rakish and epicene — but it’s more than that.
From New York Times ● Jun. 8, 2021
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
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
Then we realized Toby is an epicene name and we’d been thinking of Toby Flenderson, the officious bureaucrat from NBC’s “The Office.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2015
They looked very much alike, with heavy dark-blond hair and epicene faces as clear, as cheerful and grave, as a couple of Flemish angels.
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
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