单词 | bisexous |
释义 | bisexousadj. Now rare. Having both male and female characteristics; spec. hermaphroditic. ΘΚΠ the world > life > sex and gender > [adjective] > suitable for either sex or gender mixed1644 bisexous1646 cock and hen1785 ambosexual1788 transsexual1907 heterosexual1912 unisexual1932 bi-gendered1961 gender-neutral1963 unisex1966 pangender1978 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica xvii. 149 We..concede, that Hares have been of both sexes..; but that the whole species or kinde should be bisexous we cannot affirme. View more context for this quotation 1850 G. Johnston Introd. Conchol. vii. 106 The Tectibranches..are bisexous, although, in order to propagate the species, the animals require to act as if the sexes were distinct. 1902 A. Graham Rom. Afr. v. 136 An account of the experiences of this bisexous individual would have been entertaining as well as instructive to mankind. 1936 A. M. Harmon tr. Lucian Wks. V. 357 Tiresias himself was bisexous and amphibious [Gk. διφυέα γενέσθαι καὶ ἁμϕίβιον], now male, now female. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < |
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