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- EPICENE Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster
The meaning of EPICENE is having but one form to indicate either sex
- Epicenity - Wikipedia
Epicenity is the lack of gender distinction, often reducing the emphasis on the masculine to allow the feminine It includes androgyny – having both masculine and feminine characteristics
- EPICENE | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary
EPICENE definition: 1 belonging to all genders, or characteristic of all genders: 2 characteristic of no gender: 3… Learn more
- epicene - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
A 2nd-century B C E statue of the deity Hermaphroditus [n 1] The deity and the statue are epicene (sense 4) – they have both female and male characteristics
- epicene, adj. n. meanings, etymology and more - Oxford English Dictionary
What does the word epicene mean? There are five meanings listed in OED's entry for the word epicene See ‘Meaning use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence How common is the word epicene? How is the word epicene pronounced? Where does the word epicene come from?
- Epicene - definition of epicene by The Free Dictionary
1 belonging to, or partaking of the characteristics of, both sexes 2 flaccid; feeble: epicene prose 3 effeminate; unmasculine 4 a (of a noun or pronoun) capable of referring to either sex, as attendant, or they b (of Greek and Latin nouns) of the same gender class regardless of the sex of the referent n 5 an epicene person or thing
- EPICENE definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary
6 meanings: 1 having the characteristics of both sexes; hermaphroditic 2 of neither sex; sexless 3 effeminate 4 grammar a Click for more definitions
- Epicene - Etymology, Origin Meaning - Etymonline
Originating from mid-15th century Latin and Greek, epicoenus means "common to both sexes," initially a grammatical term, now also describing traits of both genders
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