单词 | ambisextrous |
释义 | ambisextrousadj. 1. Of indeterminate sex or gender; displaying both male and female characteristics; androgynous. ΚΠ 1904 V. Hunt Celebrity at Home xi. 135 Such a contrast to the little anæmic, effete, ambisextrous (I hope I have got it right?) creatures that haunt Cinque Cento House. 1929 M. Lief Hangover vi. 96 The big scene..was what is known as ‘The Drag’, in which twenty or thirty young Apollos, wearing magnificent gowns,..paraded their ambisextrous charms all over the stage. 1994 Philadelphia Inquirier (Nexis) 12 May e5 Swinton stars as the blissful, ambisextrous hero/heroine. 2002 Guardian 30 Jan. i. 18/4 In her absence he has become a strange, ambisextrous mix of mother and father to his grown-up sons. 2. Involving, associated with, or suitable for, both sexes.Less common than senses 1 and 3. ΚΠ 1916 Amer. Stationer 8 July 21/2 Analyze your proposition [sc. an advertisement for office supplies] carefully to see whether you cannot make it ‘ambisextrous’. 1937 Sun (Baltimore) 27 Feb. 8/7 I am wondering what is the basis for the rule against dual (or ambisextrous) skating. 1985 Morning Call (Allentown, Pa.) 11 July n22 Once the bastion of all-male jocks, the ‘Y’ weightlifting club is slowly being transformed into an ambisextrous facility. 3. Sexually or romantically attracted to people of either sex, bisexual; (also) of ambiguous sexual orientation. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sexual relations > sexual orientation > bisexuality > [adjective] bisexual1906 ambisexual1912 ambisextrous1919 omnifutuant1929 bi1957 versatile1959 AC/DC1960 1919 Internat. Clinics 3 263 His remarks about being ‘ambidextrous, ambisextrous’ merely illustrate the ambivalency of his libido. 1950 G. Hurlbut Next Week East Lynne! vi. 138 Our leading man's health gave out... It was..because he was ambi-sextrous and he broke down trying to decide between his wife and the second man. 1997 Sydney Morning Herald (Nexis) 30 Oct. 17 Michael Wilding drops by with a seed pearl stickpin. And Pearl Bailey (Dietrich was ambisextrous) calls with gold cufflinks. 2003 Weekly Standard (Washington, D.C.) 6 Oct. 4/2 That new man, the metrosexual, the man who may or not be ambisextrous. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1904 |
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