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EPICENE
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I. (noun)
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
Synonyms:
androgyne; epicene; epicene person; gynandromorph; hermaphrodite; intersex
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("epicene" is a kind of...):
bisexual; bisexual person (a person who is sexually attracted to both sexes)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Having unsuitable feminine qualities
Synonyms:
cissy; effeminate; emasculate; epicene; sissified; sissy; sissyish
Classified under:
Similar:
unmanful; unmanlike; unmanly (not possessing qualities befitting a man)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Having an ambiguous sexual identity
Synonyms:
bisexual; epicene
Classified under:
Similar:
androgynous (having both male and female characteristics)
