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epicene::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | bisexual |
epicene::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | androgyne, epicene person, gynandromorph, hermaphrodite, intersex |
| Type of | bisexual, bisexual person |
epicene::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | cissy, effeminate, emasculate, sissified, sissy, sissyish |
Examples of epicene
epicene
Note that some words, called epicene, may have identical forms for different genders.
From the en.wikipedia.org
The opposite can be expressed by terms such as unmanly or epicene.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Allan Carr, 39, an epicene Hollywood talent manager and promoter, snapped up the film for $500,000.
From the time.com
The most ambiguous of his re-creations, epicene black singer, Grace Jones, has just launched the video of her stage act.
From the guardian.co.uk
So much, says Author Auberon, for epicene idealists.
From the time.com
Madhouse Notes The drowning of a young couple in Women in Love and the Swiss idyll corrupted by an epicene aristocrat.
From the time.com
In contrast Novial has one symmetric, unbiased system for both nouns and pronouns which marks either male, female, epicene or inanimate.
From the en.wikipedia.org
The intriguingly epicene Mr. Redmayne is something of a cipher in the film, which is fine when Tony functions as the spectator and interpreter of parental melodrama.
From the movies.nytimes.com
That's about the first hour, and it'll put most kids and grown-ups to sleep, aside from the film's portrayal of the higher clergy as epicene, plotting sneaks, poisoners and spies.
From the washingtonpost.com
- Bisexual: having an ambiguous sexual identity
- Hermaphrodite: one having both male and female sexual characteristics and organs; at birth an unambiguous assignment of male or female cannot be made
- Effeminate: having unsuitable feminine qualities
- Epicene is an adjective (sometimes substantive) for loss of gender distinction, often specific loss of masculinity. ...
- A hermaphrodite person or other creature; An effeminate person; An epicene word, without separate grammatical gender forms; An epicene object; lacking gender distinction, often specifically due to lack of either the masculine or the feminine; effeminate (male with unusually strong female ...
- A noun whose single form can designate either a male or a female. The words author and poet are both examples.
