Definition of Epicene
Ep´i`cene
a. & n.
1.
Common
to
both
sexes
; -
a
term
applied
,
in
grammar
,
to
such
nouns
as
have
but
one
form
of
gender
,
either
the
masculine
or
feminine
,
to
indicate
animals
of
both
sexes
;
as
boy
^
s
,
bos
,
for
the
ox
and
cow
;
sometimes
applied
to
eunuchs
and
hermaphrodites
.
2.
Fig
.:
Sexless
;
neither
one
thing
nor
the
other
.
The
literary
prigs
epicene
.
- Prof. Wilson.
He
represented
an
epicene
species
,
neither
churchman
nor
layman
.
- J. A. Symonds.
Related Words
androgynous
,
bisexual
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