hermaphroditen.adj.

Brit.

/həːˈmafrədʌɪt/,

/həˈmafrədʌɪt/, U.S.

/hərˈmæfrədaɪt/

Forms: Also (erroneous) Middle English–1500s hermofrodite.

Etymology: < Latin hermaphrodītus, < Greek ἑρμαϕρόδῑτος, originally proper name of Ἑρμαϕρόδιτος son of Hermes (Mercury) and Aphrodite (Venus), who, according to the myth, grew together with the nymph Salmacis, while bathing in her fountain, and thus combined male and female characters.

A. n.

a. A person or animal (really or apparently) having both male and female sex organs. N.E.D. (1898) comments: ‘Formerly supposed to occur normally in some races of men and beasts; but now regarded only as a monstrosity.’

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > sex and gender > [noun] > state or condition of having characteristics of both sexes > person or animal

scratc1000

androgyneOE

hermaphroditec1400

scarth?a1513

man-woman1587

she-mana1613

epicene1641

will-jill1677

morphoditea1726

bisexual1879

pseudohermaphrodite1881

harumfrodite1896

sex mosaic1903

intersex1916

intersexual1917

a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xviii. li. 1202 Fetus ben dyuerse and nameliche in sexus, þat is by dyuersite of male and femele, but in þilke in þe whiche kynde goþ out of in [emended in ed. to out of þe weye as in] hirmofroditus. For in suche oon is yfounde boþe sexus, male and femele, but alway vnparfyte.]

c1400 Lanfranc's Cirurg. 5 Cap. ix Of hermofrodite, þat is to seye, þat hath þe schappe of man & womman.

1576 G. Gascoigne Steele Glas sig. B.ij I am in dede a dame, Or at the least, a right Hermaphrodite.

1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. xxxi. xii. 780 Another likewise was found of sixteene yeeres of age, a very Hermaphrodite of doubtfull sex between both.

1628 E. Coke 1st Pt. Inst. Lawes Eng. 3 a An hermaphrodite may purchase according to that sexe which prevaileth.

1668 Philos. Trans. 1667 (Royal Soc.) 2 624 An Exact Narrative of an Hermaphrodite now in London.

1756 J. Wesley Wks. (1872) IX. 474 Indeed, we are not told here, that angels are hermaphrodites.

1874 W. H. Van Buren & E. L. Keyes Pract. Treat. Surg. Dis. Genito-urinary Organs 38 The monstrosity known as hermaphrodite does exist, but is excessively rare.

b. An effeminate man or virile woman.

ΘΚΠ

the world > people > person > man > [noun] > effeminate man

badlingeOE

milksopc1390

cockneyc1405

malkina1425

molla1425

weakling1526

tenderling1541

softling1543

niceling1549

woman-man1567

cocknel1570

effeminate1583

androgyne1587

meacock1590

mammaday1593

hermaphrodite1594

midwife1596

nimfadoro1600

night-sneaker1611

mock-mana1625

nan1670

she-man1675

petit maître1711

old woman1717

master-miss1754

Miss Molly1754

molly1785

squaw1805

mollycoddle1823

Miss Nancy1824

mollycot1826

molly mop1829

poof1833

Margery?c1855

ladyboy1857

girl1862

Mary Ann1868

sissy1879

milk1881

pretty-boy1881

nancy1888

poofter1889

Nancy Dawson1890

softie1895

puff1902

pussy1904

Lizzie1905

nance1910

quean1910

maricon1921

pie-face1922

bitch1923

Jessie1923

lily1923

tapette1923

pansy1926

nancy boy1927

nelly1931

femme1932

ponce1932

queerie1933

palone1934

queenie1935

girlie-man1940

swish1941

puss1942

wonk1945

mother1947

candy-ass1953

twink1953

cream puff1958

pronk1959

swishy1959

limp wrist1960

pansy-ass1963

weeny1963

poofteroo1966

mo1968

shim1973

twinkie1977

woofter1977

cake boy1992

hermaphrodite-

the world > people > person > woman > [noun] > man-like woman

viragoa1387

master womana1535

viragin1558

hermaphrodite1594

masculine-feminine1620

viragon1641

Amazon1758

she-man1848

gynander1888

masculinist1928

masculist1930

1594 Mirrour Policie (1599) H iij Sardanapalus..burnt himself, by which act he deliuered his subjects from a monstrous Hermophrodite who was neither true man, nor true woman, being in sexe a man, & in heart a woman.

a1649 W. Drummond Hist. James I in Wks. (1711) 9 The womanish Decking of the Persons of some few Hermaphrodites.

1716 J. Addison Drummer iv. 34 He's one of your Hermaphrodites, as they call 'em.

Thesaurus »

c. A catamite.

2. Zoology. An animal in which the male and female sexual organs are (normally) present in the same individual, as in various molluscs and worms.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > animal body > general parts > sexual organs and reproduction > [noun] > sexual organs > hermaphrodite animal

hermaphrodite1728

unisex1882

1728 E. Chambers Cycl. (at cited word) Divers of the Insect and Reptile Kind, are also Hermaphrodites; particularly Worms, Snails, &c.

1742 H. Baker Microscope made Easy ii. xxi. 180 Lice are not Hermaphrodites, as has erroneously been imagined.

1859 C. Darwin Origin of Species iv. 100 On the land there are some hermaphrodites, as land-mollusca and earth-worms.

1888 G. Rolleston & W. H. Jackson Forms Animal Life (ed. 2) Introd. 25 Some hermaphrodites, however, are self-impregnating, such as Cestoda, and Trematoda.

3. Botany. A plant or flower in which the stamens and pistils (or equivalent organs) are present in the same flower, as in the majority of flowering plants.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > flower or part containing reproductive organs > flower or flowering plant > [noun] > characterized by parts > characterized by stamens, pistils, or sex of flowers

male1548

hermaphrodite1728

androgyne?1796

gynander1828

monogyn1828

octander1828

pentagyn1828

pentander1828

polyadelph1828

polygam1828

polygamian1828

tetradynamian1828

tetragyn1828

syngenese1836

bisexual1879

1728 E. Chambers Cycl. (at cited word) The latest Botanists..make a Division of Plants, which they call Hermaphrodites; as having..the Stamina and Pistil in the same Flower.

1806 J. Galpine Synoptical Compend Brit. Bot. 365 Tussilago..female flowers numerous: hermaphrodites very few.

1862 C. Darwin On Var. Contrivances Orchids Fertilised Introd. 1 No Hermaphrodite fertilizes itself for a perpetuity of generations.

a. figurative. A person or thing in which any two opposite attributes or qualities are combined.

ΚΠ

1659 W. Chamberlayne Pharonnida i. i. sig. B3^v 'Twas the short journey 'twixt the Day and Night, The calm fresh Evening, Times Hermaphrodite.

1687 W. Penn Good Advice to Church of Eng. 38 Henry the Eighth, was a kind of Hermophrodite in Religion, or in the Language of the times, a Trimer.

a1711 T. Ken Edmund in Wks. (1721) II. v. 116 He acts the Hermophradite of Good and Ill, But God detests his double Tongue and Will.

1784 New Spectator No. 4. 2/2 In the new comedy—I mean dramatic hermaphrodite—of Reparation.

1838 J. C. Hare & A. W. Hare Guesses at Truth (ed. 2) 1st Ser. 14 A race of moral hermaphrodites.

b. Nautical. A sailing vessel that combines the characters of two kinds of craft; now esp. one that is square-rigged like a brig forward, and schooner-rigged aft. Also called hermaphrodite brig: see B. 4.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessel propelled by sail > [noun] > with specific rig > combining qualities of two types

hermaphrodite1794

1794 D. Steel Elements & Pract. Rigging & Seamanship I. 220 An Hermaphrodite is a vessel so constructed as to be, occasionally, a snow, and sometimes a brig. It has therefore two mainsails; a boom mainsail, when a brig; and a square mainsail when a snow.

1831 E. J. Trelawny Adventures Younger Son I. 177 She was rigged as a hermaphrodite.

1833 M. Scott Tom Cringle's Log I. v. 153 A very taught-rigged hermaphrodite, or brig forward and schooner aft.

B. adj.

1. Of a person or animal: having parts belonging to both sexes (really or apparently) combined in the same individual.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > sex and gender > [adjective] > having characteristics of both sexes

bisexed1605

hermaphroditical1605

epicene1607

hermaphrodite1607

hermaphroditic1631

promiscuousa1637

androgynal1646

masculo-feminine1646

androgynous1651

ambosexous1656

hermaphroditish1764

androgyne1765

bisexual1793

hermaphrodital1823

heautandrous1837

amphigonic1876

intersexual1916

intersex1920

intersexed1921

harumphroditic1924

man-womanly1929

ambosexual1931

bi-gendered1976

1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 337 Nero did shew certaine Hermaphrodite mares, wherewithall his chariot was drawne.

1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth IV. 18 Their hermaphrodite natures.

1816 G. S. Faber Origin Pagan Idolatry II. 487 That astronomical hermaphrodite deity.

2. Zoology.

a. Of an animal: Having the male and female generative organs present in the same individual.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > animal body > general parts > sexual organs and reproduction > [adjective] > hermaphrodite

hermaphrodite1753

monoecious1826

gynandrous1852

monoic1857

protogynous1929

1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. (at cited word) The common earth-worms easily shew their Hermaphrodite nature.

1793 M. Baillie Morbid Anat. viii. 123 This animal [sc. the worm] is hermaphrodite.

b. Applied to organs which combine the characters of both sexes.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > animal body > general parts > sexual organs and reproduction > [adjective] > hermaphrodite > hermaphrodite organs

hermaphrodite1870

1870 G. Rolleston Forms Animal Life Introd. 38 The generative glands of all Vertebrata appear to be hermaphrodite at certain periods of fœtal life.

1888 G. Rolleston & W. H. Jackson Forms Animal Life (ed. 2) 113 (Edible Snail). The hermaphrodite gland or ovotestis is lodged [etc.].

1888 G. Rolleston & W. H. Jackson Forms Animal Life (ed. 2) 113 (Edible Snail). From the gland a convoluted hermaphrodite duct passes.

3. Botany.

a. Of a flower: Containing both stamens and pistils.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > flower or part containing reproductive organs > [adjective] > having or relating to parts > of or having stamens or pistils > having both stamens and pistils or hermaphrodite

perfect1706

hermaphrodite1769

unisexual1795

united1807

unisex1810

homogamous1842

teleianthous1860

1769 E. Bancroft Ess. Nat. Hist. Guiana 31 Numerous monopetalous hermaphrodite flowers.

1777 J. Lightfoot Flora Scotica I. 460 [Carlina vulgaris] Common Carline Thistle. Anglis... The florets are all hermaphrodite.

b. Of a plant: Bearing both stamens and pistils in every flower.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > flower or part containing reproductive organs > flower or flowering plant > [adjective] > characterized by parts or form > characterized by sex of flowers

malea1398

masculinea1550

androgynous1739

polygamous1757

monoecious1761

polygamious1761

monoicous1822

monoclinous1828

monoecian1828

trigamous1842

hermaphrodite1854

triœcious1860

monoecious1861

synœcious1863

synoicous1863

autoicous1875

andro-diœcious1877

andromonœcious1877

gynodioecious1877

gynomonoecious1877

monoicous1877

autoecious1896

monoclinian1900

1854 J. D. Hooker Himalayan Jrnls. I. vi. 157 This plant is occasionally hermaphrodite in Sikkim.

1877 C. Darwin Different Forms Flowers Introd. 1 Linnæus..divided them into hermaphrodite, monœcious, diœcious, and polygamous species.

4. transferred and figurative.

a. Consisting of, or combining the characteristics of, both sexes.

ΚΠ

1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage 602 What could that Hermaphrodite-armie doe, wherein were five and twenty thousand armed women?

a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Lincs. 154 Epicœne, and Hermaphrodite Convents, wherein Monks and Nuns lived together.

1807 Salmagundi 31 Dec. 395 I beg of you..to discourage this hermaphrodite mode of dress.

b. More generally, combining two opposite qualities or attributes.

ΚΠ

1593 T. Nashe Strange Newes B iv b With these two Hermophrodite phrases, being halfe Latin and halfe English.

1651 T. Hobbes Philos. Rudim. To Rdr. sig. B2 Hermophrodite opinions of morall Philosophers, partly right and comely, partly brutall and wilde.

1834 Brit. Husbandry (Libr. Useful Knowl.) I. 158 The Hermaphrodite waggon is formed by uniting two carts, corresponding with the fore and hind parts of a waggon, by bolting them together.

1840 R. H. Dana Two Years before Mast ix. 22 A small hermaphrodite brig.

1882 F. W. Farrar Early Days Christianity II. 350 It was only by inventing elaborate series of hermaphrodite pairs of æons or emanations that they could imagine any communication of God's will to man.

Derivatives

herˈmaphrodited adj. united in one person. nonce-word.

ΚΠ

1661 A. Brome Songs & Other Poems sig. R8 Divinity and Art were so united, As if in him both were Hermaphrodited.

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单词	hermaphrodite
释义	hermaphroditen.adj. Brit. /həːˈmafrədʌɪt/, /həˈmafrədʌɪt/, U.S. /hərˈmæfrədaɪt/ Forms: Also (erroneous) Middle English–1500s hermofrodite. Etymology: < Latin hermaphrodītus, < Greek ἑρμαϕρόδῑτος, originally proper name of Ἑρμαϕρόδιτος son of Hermes (Mercury) and Aphrodite (Venus), who, according to the myth, grew together with the nymph Salmacis, while bathing in her fountain, and thus combined male and female characters. A. n. 1. a. A person or animal (really or apparently) having both male and female sex organs. N.E.D. (1898) comments: ‘Formerly supposed to occur normally in some races of men and beasts; but now regarded only as a monstrosity.’ ΘΚΠ the world > life > sex and gender > [noun] > state or condition of having characteristics of both sexes > person or animal scratc1000 androgyneOE hermaphroditec1400 scarth?a1513 man-woman1587 she-mana1613 epicene1641 will-jill1677 morphoditea1726 bisexual1879 pseudohermaphrodite1881 harumfrodite1896 sex mosaic1903 intersex1916 intersexual1917 a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xviii. li. 1202 Fetus ben dyuerse and nameliche in sexus, þat is by dyuersite of male and femele, but in þilke in þe whiche kynde goþ out of in [emended in ed. to out of þe weye as in] hirmofroditus. For in suche oon is yfounde boþe sexus, male and femele, but alway vnparfyte.] c1400 Lanfranc's Cirurg. 5 Cap. ix Of hermofrodite, þat is to seye, þat hath þe schappe of man & womman. 1576 G. Gascoigne Steele Glas sig. B.ij I am in dede a dame, Or at the least, a right Hermaphrodite. 1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. xxxi. xii. 780 Another likewise was found of sixteene yeeres of age, a very Hermaphrodite of doubtfull sex between both. 1628 E. Coke 1st Pt. Inst. Lawes Eng. 3 a An hermaphrodite may purchase according to that sexe which prevaileth. 1668 Philos. Trans. 1667 (Royal Soc.) 2 624 An Exact Narrative of an Hermaphrodite now in London. 1756 J. Wesley Wks. (1872) IX. 474 Indeed, we are not told here, that angels are hermaphrodites. 1874 W. H. Van Buren & E. L. Keyes Pract. Treat. Surg. Dis. Genito-urinary Organs 38 The monstrosity known as hermaphrodite does exist, but is excessively rare. b. An effeminate man or virile woman. ΘΚΠ the world > people > person > man > [noun] > effeminate man badlingeOE milksopc1390 cockneyc1405 malkina1425 molla1425 weakling1526 tenderling1541 softling1543 niceling1549 woman-man1567 cocknel1570 effeminate1583 androgyne1587 meacock1590 mammaday1593 hermaphrodite1594 midwife1596 nimfadoro1600 night-sneaker1611 mock-mana1625 nan1670 she-man1675 petit maître1711 old woman1717 master-miss1754 Miss Molly1754 molly1785 squaw1805 mollycoddle1823 Miss Nancy1824 mollycot1826 molly mop1829 poof1833 Margery?c1855 ladyboy1857 girl1862 Mary Ann1868 sissy1879 milk1881 pretty-boy1881 nancy1888 poofter1889 Nancy Dawson1890 softie1895 puff1902 pussy1904 Lizzie1905 nance1910 quean1910 maricon1921 pie-face1922 bitch1923 Jessie1923 lily1923 tapette1923 pansy1926 nancy boy1927 nelly1931 femme1932 ponce1932 queerie1933 palone1934 queenie1935 girlie-man1940 swish1941 puss1942 wonk1945 mother1947 candy-ass1953 twink1953 cream puff1958 pronk1959 swishy1959 limp wrist1960 pansy-ass1963 weeny1963 poofteroo1966 mo1968 shim1973 twinkie1977 woofter1977 cake boy1992 hermaphrodite- the world > people > person > woman > [noun] > man-like woman viragoa1387 master womana1535 viragin1558 hermaphrodite1594 masculine-feminine1620 viragon1641 Amazon1758 she-man1848 gynander1888 masculinist1928 masculist1930 1594 Mirrour Policie (1599) H iij Sardanapalus..burnt himself, by which act he deliuered his subjects from a monstrous Hermophrodite who was neither true man, nor true woman, being in sexe a man, & in heart a woman. a1649 W. Drummond Hist. James I in Wks. (1711) 9 The womanish Decking of the Persons of some few Hermaphrodites. 1716 J. Addison Drummer iv. 34 He's one of your Hermaphrodites, as they call 'em. Thesaurus » c. A catamite. 2. Zoology. An animal in which the male and female sexual organs are (normally) present in the same individual, as in various molluscs and worms. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > animal body > general parts > sexual organs and reproduction > [noun] > sexual organs > hermaphrodite animal hermaphrodite1728 unisex1882 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. (at cited word) Divers of the Insect and Reptile Kind, are also Hermaphrodites; particularly Worms, Snails, &c. 1742 H. Baker Microscope made Easy ii. xxi. 180 Lice are not Hermaphrodites, as has erroneously been imagined. 1859 C. Darwin Origin of Species iv. 100 On the land there are some hermaphrodites, as land-mollusca and earth-worms. 1888 G. Rolleston & W. H. Jackson Forms Animal Life (ed. 2) Introd. 25 Some hermaphrodites, however, are self-impregnating, such as Cestoda, and Trematoda. 3. Botany. A plant or flower in which the stamens and pistils (or equivalent organs) are present in the same flower, as in the majority of flowering plants. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > flower or part containing reproductive organs > flower or flowering plant > [noun] > characterized by parts > characterized by stamens, pistils, or sex of flowers male1548 hermaphrodite1728 androgyne?1796 gynander1828 monogyn1828 octander1828 pentagyn1828 pentander1828 polyadelph1828 polygam1828 polygamian1828 tetradynamian1828 tetragyn1828 syngenese1836 bisexual1879 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. (at cited word) The latest Botanists..make a Division of Plants, which they call Hermaphrodites; as having..the Stamina and Pistil in the same Flower. 1806 J. Galpine Synoptical Compend Brit. Bot. 365 Tussilago..female flowers numerous: hermaphrodites very few. 1862 C. Darwin On Var. Contrivances Orchids Fertilised Introd. 1 No Hermaphrodite fertilizes itself for a perpetuity of generations. 4. a. figurative. A person or thing in which any two opposite attributes or qualities are combined. ΚΠ 1659 W. Chamberlayne Pharonnida i. i. sig. B3^v 'Twas the short journey 'twixt the Day and Night, The calm fresh Evening, Times Hermaphrodite. 1687 W. Penn Good Advice to Church of Eng. 38 Henry the Eighth, was a kind of Hermophrodite in Religion, or in the Language of the times, a Trimer. a1711 T. Ken Edmund in Wks. (1721) II. v. 116 He acts the Hermophradite of Good and Ill, But God detests his double Tongue and Will. 1784 New Spectator No. 4. 2/2 In the new comedy—I mean dramatic hermaphrodite—of Reparation. 1838 J. C. Hare & A. W. Hare Guesses at Truth (ed. 2) 1st Ser. 14 A race of moral hermaphrodites. b. Nautical. A sailing vessel that combines the characters of two kinds of craft; now esp. one that is square-rigged like a brig forward, and schooner-rigged aft. Also called hermaphrodite brig: see B. 4. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessel propelled by sail > [noun] > with specific rig > combining qualities of two types hermaphrodite1794 1794 D. Steel Elements & Pract. Rigging & Seamanship I. 220 An Hermaphrodite is a vessel so constructed as to be, occasionally, a snow, and sometimes a brig. It has therefore two mainsails; a boom mainsail, when a brig; and a square mainsail when a snow. 1831 E. J. Trelawny Adventures Younger Son I. 177 She was rigged as a hermaphrodite. 1833 M. Scott Tom Cringle's Log I. v. 153 A very taught-rigged hermaphrodite, or brig forward and schooner aft. B. adj. 1. Of a person or animal: having parts belonging to both sexes (really or apparently) combined in the same individual. ΘΚΠ the world > life > sex and gender > [adjective] > having characteristics of both sexes bisexed1605 hermaphroditical1605 epicene1607 hermaphrodite1607 hermaphroditic1631 promiscuousa1637 androgynal1646 masculo-feminine1646 androgynous1651 ambosexous1656 hermaphroditish1764 androgyne1765 bisexual1793 hermaphrodital1823 heautandrous1837 amphigonic1876 intersexual1916 intersex1920 intersexed1921 harumphroditic1924 man-womanly1929 ambosexual1931 bi-gendered1976 1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 337 Nero did shew certaine Hermaphrodite mares, wherewithall his chariot was drawne. 1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth IV. 18 Their hermaphrodite natures. 1816 G. S. Faber Origin Pagan Idolatry II. 487 That astronomical hermaphrodite deity. 2. Zoology. a. Of an animal: Having the male and female generative organs present in the same individual. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > animal body > general parts > sexual organs and reproduction > [adjective] > hermaphrodite hermaphrodite1753 monoecious1826 gynandrous1852 monoic1857 protogynous1929 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. (at cited word) The common earth-worms easily shew their Hermaphrodite nature. 1793 M. Baillie Morbid Anat. viii. 123 This animal [sc. the worm] is hermaphrodite. b. Applied to organs which combine the characters of both sexes. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > animal body > general parts > sexual organs and reproduction > [adjective] > hermaphrodite > hermaphrodite organs hermaphrodite1870 1870 G. Rolleston Forms Animal Life Introd. 38 The generative glands of all Vertebrata appear to be hermaphrodite at certain periods of fœtal life. 1888 G. Rolleston & W. H. Jackson Forms Animal Life (ed. 2) 113 (Edible Snail). The hermaphrodite gland or ovotestis is lodged [etc.]. 1888 G. Rolleston & W. H. Jackson Forms Animal Life (ed. 2) 113 (Edible Snail). From the gland a convoluted hermaphrodite duct passes. 3. Botany. a. Of a flower: Containing both stamens and pistils. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > flower or part containing reproductive organs > [adjective] > having or relating to parts > of or having stamens or pistils > having both stamens and pistils or hermaphrodite perfect1706 hermaphrodite1769 unisexual1795 united1807 unisex1810 homogamous1842 teleianthous1860 1769 E. Bancroft Ess. Nat. Hist. Guiana 31 Numerous monopetalous hermaphrodite flowers. 1777 J. Lightfoot Flora Scotica I. 460 [Carlina vulgaris] Common Carline Thistle. Anglis... The florets are all hermaphrodite. b. Of a plant: Bearing both stamens and pistils in every flower. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > flower or part containing reproductive organs > flower or flowering plant > [adjective] > characterized by parts or form > characterized by sex of flowers malea1398 masculinea1550 androgynous1739 polygamous1757 monoecious1761 polygamious1761 monoicous1822 monoclinous1828 monoecian1828 trigamous1842 hermaphrodite1854 triœcious1860 monoecious1861 synœcious1863 synoicous1863 autoicous1875 andro-diœcious1877 andromonœcious1877 gynodioecious1877 gynomonoecious1877 monoicous1877 autoecious1896 monoclinian1900 1854 J. D. Hooker Himalayan Jrnls. I. vi. 157 This plant is occasionally hermaphrodite in Sikkim. 1877 C. Darwin Different Forms Flowers Introd. 1 Linnæus..divided them into hermaphrodite, monœcious, diœcious, and polygamous species. 4. transferred and figurative. a. Consisting of, or combining the characteristics of, both sexes. ΚΠ 1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage 602 What could that Hermaphrodite-armie doe, wherein were five and twenty thousand armed women? a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Lincs. 154 Epicœne, and Hermaphrodite Convents, wherein Monks and Nuns lived together. 1807 Salmagundi 31 Dec. 395 I beg of you..to discourage this hermaphrodite mode of dress. b. More generally, combining two opposite qualities or attributes. ΚΠ 1593 T. Nashe Strange Newes B iv b With these two Hermophrodite phrases, being halfe Latin and halfe English. 1651 T. Hobbes Philos. Rudim. To Rdr. sig. B2 Hermophrodite opinions of morall Philosophers, partly right and comely, partly brutall and wilde. 1834 Brit. Husbandry (Libr. Useful Knowl.) I. 158 The Hermaphrodite waggon is formed by uniting two carts, corresponding with the fore and hind parts of a waggon, by bolting them together. 1840 R. H. Dana Two Years before Mast ix. 22 A small hermaphrodite brig. 1882 F. W. Farrar Early Days Christianity II. 350 It was only by inventing elaborate series of hermaphrodite pairs of æons or emanations that they could imagine any communication of God's will to man. Derivatives herˈmaphrodited adj. united in one person. nonce-word. ΚΠ 1661 A. Brome Songs & Other Poems sig. R8 Divinity and Art were so united, As if in him both were Hermaphrodited. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.c1400
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