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单词 hermaphroditic
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hermaphroditicadj.

Brit. /həːˌmafrəˈdɪtɪk/, /həˌmafrəˈdɪtɪk/, U.S. /hərˌmæfrəˈdɪdɪk/
Etymology: modern < Greek ἑρμαϕρόδῑτος hermaphrodite n. and adj. + -ic suffix.
a. Belonging to or of the nature of a hermaphrodite (literal and figurative); combining male and female characteristics.
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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
1631 B. Jonson Staple of Newes i. i. 5 in Wks. II Looke on me, and with all thine eyes, Male, Female, yea, Hermaphroditicke eyes.
1766 Philos. Trans. 1765 (Royal Soc.) 55 264 If the flowers of these plants be hermaphroditic.
1862 Intellectual Observer No. 1. 31 Nearly all the flukes are hermaphroditic.
b. In a more general sense: Combining any two opposite attributes or qualities.
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1881 A. C. Swinburne Misc. (1886) 222 The detestable as well as debateable land of pseudo-poetic rhapsody in hermaphroditic prose.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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