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EPICENE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does epicene mean?
• EPICENE (noun)
The noun EPICENE has 1 sense:
1. one having both male and female sexual characteristics and organs; at birth an unambiguous assignment of male or female cannot be made
Familiarity information: EPICENE used as a noun is very rare.
• EPICENE (adjective)
The adjective EPICENE has 2 senses:
1. having an ambiguous sexual identity
2. having unsuitable feminine qualities
Familiarity information: EPICENE used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
One having both male and female sexual characteristics and organs; at birth an unambiguous assignment of male or female cannot be made
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
androgyne; epicene; epicene person; gynandromorph; hermaphrodite; intersex
Hypernyms ("epicene" is a kind of...):
bisexual; bisexual person (a person who is sexually attracted to both sexes)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Having an ambiguous sexual identity
Synonyms:
bisexual; epicene
Similar:
androgynous (having both male and female characteristics)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Having unsuitable feminine qualities
Synonyms:
cissy; effeminate; emasculate; epicene; sissified; sissy; sissyish
Similar:
unmanful; unmanlike; unmanly (not possessing qualities befitting a man)
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