intersexadj.n.

Brit.

/ˈɪntəsɛks/, U.S.

/ˈɪn(t)ərˌsɛks/

Forms: 1700s– intersex, 1900s intersexe.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: inter- prefix, sex n.¹

Etymology: < inter- prefix + sex n.¹ With sense A. 2 compare earlier intersexual adj. 2. With use as noun compare intersexual n.In sense B. 2 after German Intersex (R. Goldschmidt 1915, in Biol. Centralblatt 35 566, in plural Intersexe ; compare discussion at intersexuality n. intersexuality n.). With this sense compare also sex intergrade n. at sex n.¹ Compounds 3.

A. adj.

1. Existing or occurring between the sexes; = intersexual adj. 1.rare before late 19th cent.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > sex and gender > [adjective] > existing or occurring between the sexes

intersex1770

intersexual1825

transsexual1907

1770 R. Griffith & E. Griffith Lett. Henry & Frances V. dxciv. 76 It signifies Love—not the intersex Passion, but the more enlarged Affection.

1890 Monist 1 43 It is sometimes suggested that a change in intersex relations is desirable in order to effect a fuller emancipation of women from present conditions.

1914 Ann. Amer. Acad. Polit. & Social Sci. 52 249 Beginning in inter-sex antagonisms it culminates in intra-sex conflict.

1962 Caribbean Q. 8 26 It seemed rare to find a close inter-sex relationship which was simply a friendship, not a love affair or a bed-arrangement.

2008 N.Y. Times Mag. 23 Mar. 6/4 The truth is, in the course of a lifetime, only a minute fraction of intersex interactions will pertain to romantic liaisons.

2. Originally Biology. Having or combining the characteristics of both sexes; intermediate between male and female; intersexed; = intersexual adj. 2. Cf. sense B. 2.

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

1920 Science 26 Mar. 326/1 Numerous crosses from the intersex stock to unrelated stocks have never given intersexes in F₁.

1962 D. J. B. Ashley Human Intersex p. viii Gonadal tumours present a difficult problem in the intersex patient.

1986 J. V. McConnell Understanding Human Behavior (ed. 5) xi. 303/1 These intersex individuals were born with such ambiguous genitalia that more than half of them were reared as girls.

1998 New Scientist 9 May 76/1 (advt.) A programme of research aimed at assessing the reproductive capabilities of wild intersex freshwater fish.

2003 A. Das Wilhelm Tritiya-Prakriti (2008) ii. iv. 201 Most world cultures accept intersex people either by passing them off as ordinary men and women or through the recognition of a third sex category.

B. n.

†1. Any of a number of intermediate categories supposed to exist between the sexes, made up of homosexual men or lesbians regarded as having psychological or emotional characteristics of the opposite sex; the members of such a category collectively. Cf. intersexual n. 1. Obsolete. rare.

ΚΠ

c1910 ‘X. Mayne’ Intersexes ii. 18 To the..perfect masculine sex..and perfect female sex.., we will add at least two Intersexes... A second and ‘intersexual’ sex, known..as the Urning, or Uranian sex... A third sex, or intersex, called the Uraniad.., refers to the..feminine sexually masculinized.

1925 Med. Critic & Guide 25C 476 Let us agree..to call homosexuality merely a ‘variation’, an intersex or third sex—this does not change the essence of the thing. A creature with male genitalia and a female psyche is an abnormality.

2. Originally Biology. A person who or animal which is physically intermediate between male and female, having characteristics of both sexes (in a species which normally has two distinct sexes), or having sexual organs which are not fully developed as either male or female or which do not correspond to the individual's chromosomal sex; an intersexual. Also: the condition of being so constituted; (the phenomenon of) intersexuality.Occasionally used for what is now usually denoted by the term transgender.

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

1916 R. Goldschmidt in Proc. National Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 2 54 I shall call in the future the different sexual intermediates intersexes; female intersexes, if they are genetically females, but transformed to some stage towards maleness, and male intersexes if the transformation goes in the opposite direction.

1917 R. Goldschmidt in Endocrinology 1 437 We have proposed the use of the terms intersexe, intersexual, intersexuality instead of sex-intergrades.

1920 Science 26 Mar. 326 The intersex gene itself has been found not to be sex-linked.

1948 A. C. Kinsey et al. Sexual Behavior Human Male xxi. 657 An individual is recognized as an intersex if it shows secondary sexual characters that are intermediate between those of the typical male and the typical female in the population.

1956 Nature 21 Jan. 144/1 The birds were found to be six males, ten females and one intersex.

1962 D. J. B. Ashley Human Intersex p. vii I have been interested in the problems of intersex particularly from the viewpoint of my own discipline.

1971 Daily Tel. 10 Dec. (Colour Suppl.) 18/2 There are four main criteria involved in diagnosing and assigning the true sex of an individual: the chromosome sex, the sex of the gonads, the sex of the genitalia and the psychological sex. Dr Armstrong has defined intersex as the state in which any of these fail to agree.

2013 E. A. Carlson 7 Sexes xiii. 95 All the expected males were sterile intersexes.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	intersex
释义	intersexadj.n. Brit. /ˈɪntəsɛks/, U.S. /ˈɪn(t)ərˌsɛks/ Forms: 1700s– intersex, 1900s intersexe. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: inter- prefix, sex n.¹ Etymology: < inter- prefix + sex n.¹ With sense A. 2 compare earlier intersexual adj. 2. With use as noun compare intersexual n.In sense B. 2 after German Intersex (R. Goldschmidt 1915, in Biol. Centralblatt 35 566, in plural Intersexe ; compare discussion at intersexuality n. intersexuality n.). With this sense compare also sex intergrade n. at sex n.¹ Compounds 3. A. adj. 1. Existing or occurring between the sexes; = intersexual adj. 1.rare before late 19th cent. ΘΚΠ the world > life > sex and gender > [adjective] > existing or occurring between the sexes intersex1770 intersexual1825 transsexual1907 1770 R. Griffith & E. Griffith Lett. Henry & Frances V. dxciv. 76 It signifies Love—not the intersex Passion, but the more enlarged Affection. 1890 Monist 1 43 It is sometimes suggested that a change in intersex relations is desirable in order to effect a fuller emancipation of women from present conditions. 1914 Ann. Amer. Acad. Polit. & Social Sci. 52 249 Beginning in inter-sex antagonisms it culminates in intra-sex conflict. 1962 Caribbean Q. 8 26 It seemed rare to find a close inter-sex relationship which was simply a friendship, not a love affair or a bed-arrangement. 2008 N.Y. Times Mag. 23 Mar. 6/4 The truth is, in the course of a lifetime, only a minute fraction of intersex interactions will pertain to romantic liaisons. 2. Originally Biology. Having or combining the characteristics of both sexes; intermediate between male and female; intersexed; = intersexual adj. 2. Cf. sense B. 2. 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 1920 Science 26 Mar. 326/1 Numerous crosses from the intersex stock to unrelated stocks have never given intersexes in F₁. 1962 D. J. B. Ashley Human Intersex p. viii Gonadal tumours present a difficult problem in the intersex patient. 1986 J. V. McConnell Understanding Human Behavior (ed. 5) xi. 303/1 These intersex individuals were born with such ambiguous genitalia that more than half of them were reared as girls. 1998 New Scientist 9 May 76/1 (advt.) A programme of research aimed at assessing the reproductive capabilities of wild intersex freshwater fish. 2003 A. Das Wilhelm Tritiya-Prakriti (2008) ii. iv. 201 Most world cultures accept intersex people either by passing them off as ordinary men and women or through the recognition of a third sex category. B. n. †1. Any of a number of intermediate categories supposed to exist between the sexes, made up of homosexual men or lesbians regarded as having psychological or emotional characteristics of the opposite sex; the members of such a category collectively. Cf. intersexual n. 1. Obsolete. rare. ΚΠ c1910 ‘X. Mayne’ Intersexes ii. 18 To the..perfect masculine sex..and perfect female sex.., we will add at least two Intersexes... A second and ‘intersexual’ sex, known..as the Urning, or Uranian sex... A third sex, or intersex, called the Uraniad.., refers to the..feminine sexually masculinized. 1925 Med. Critic & Guide 25C 476 Let us agree..to call homosexuality merely a ‘variation’, an intersex or third sex—this does not change the essence of the thing. A creature with male genitalia and a female psyche is an abnormality. 2. Originally Biology. A person who or animal which is physically intermediate between male and female, having characteristics of both sexes (in a species which normally has two distinct sexes), or having sexual organs which are not fully developed as either male or female or which do not correspond to the individual's chromosomal sex; an intersexual. Also: the condition of being so constituted; (the phenomenon of) intersexuality.Occasionally used for what is now usually denoted by the term transgender. 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 1916 R. Goldschmidt in Proc. National Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 2 54 I shall call in the future the different sexual intermediates intersexes; female intersexes, if they are genetically females, but transformed to some stage towards maleness, and male intersexes if the transformation goes in the opposite direction. 1917 R. Goldschmidt in Endocrinology 1 437 We have proposed the use of the terms intersexe, intersexual, intersexuality instead of sex-intergrades. 1920 Science 26 Mar. 326 The intersex gene itself has been found not to be sex-linked. 1948 A. C. Kinsey et al. Sexual Behavior Human Male xxi. 657 An individual is recognized as an intersex if it shows secondary sexual characters that are intermediate between those of the typical male and the typical female in the population. 1956 Nature 21 Jan. 144/1 The birds were found to be six males, ten females and one intersex. 1962 D. J. B. Ashley Human Intersex p. vii I have been interested in the problems of intersex particularly from the viewpoint of my own discipline. 1971 Daily Tel. 10 Dec. (Colour Suppl.) 18/2 There are four main criteria involved in diagnosing and assigning the true sex of an individual: the chromosome sex, the sex of the gonads, the sex of the genitalia and the psychological sex. Dr Armstrong has defined intersex as the state in which any of these fail to agree. 2013 E. A. Carlson 7 Sexes xiii. 95 All the expected males were sterile intersexes. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1770
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