EPICENE

Epicene

Epicene is an adjective that indicates lack of gender distinction, often specifically loss of masculinity. It includes:</p>

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epicene

Noun

  1. A hermaphrodite person or other creature
  2. An effeminate person
  3. An epicene word, without separate grammatical gender forms.
  4. An epicene object

Adjective

  1. lacking gender distinction, often specifically due to lack of either the masculine or the feminine
  2. effeminate
  3. androgynous, hermaphrodite
  4. asexual
  5. having only one form of the word, which serves as both masculine and feminine, even for either male or female referents


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