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epicenism

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ep·i·cene  (p-sn)
adj.
1. Belonging to or having the characteristics of both the male and the female: an epicene statue.
2. Effeminate; unmanly.
3. Sexless; neuter.
4. Linguistics Having only one form of the noun for both the male and the female.
n.
1. One that is epicene.
2. Linguistics An epicene word.
[Middle English, having only one form of the noun for either gender, from Latin epicoenus, from Greek epikoinos, in common : epi-, epi- + koinos, common; see kom in Indo-European roots.]
epi·cenism n.
epicenism
the state or quality of combining characteristics of both sexes. — epicenity, n. — epicene, adj.
See also: Biology
the state or quality of combining characteristics of both sexes. — epicenity, n. — epicene, adj.
See also: Body, Human
the state or quality of combining characteristics of both sexes. — epicenity, n. — epicene, adj.
See also: Sex


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