Thesaurus: epicene

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1. a. & n. 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. a. & n. Fig.: Sexless; neither one thing nor the other.
3. adj. having an ambiguous sexual identity
4. adj. having unsuitable feminine qualities
5. n. one having both male and female sexual characteristics and organs; at birth an unambiguous assignment of male or female cannot be made
6. 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 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.
7. n one having both male and female sexual characteristics and organs; at birth an unambiguous assignment of male or female cannot be made s having an ambiguous sexual identity s having unsuitable feminine qualities