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androgynous

(ændrɒdʒɪnəs)
1. adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun]
In biology, an androgynous person, animal, or plant has both male and female sexual characteristics.
[technical]
2. adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun]
If you describe someone as androgynous, you mean that they are not distinctly masculine or feminine in appearance or in behaviour.
Belinda was always attracted to men with an androgynous quality to them.
The style was quite androgynous.
Synonyms: hermaphrodite, bisexual, androgyne, hermaphroditic More Synonyms of androgynous

androgynous in British English

(ænˈdrɒdʒɪnəs)
adjective
1.  botany
having male and female flowers in the same inflorescence, as cuckoo pint
2. 
having male and female characteristics; hermaphrodite
Derived forms
androgyny (anˈdrogyny)
noun

androgynous in American English

(ænˈdrɑdʒənəs)
adjective
1. 
both male and female in one; hermaphroditic
2.  Botany
bearing both staminate and pistillate flowers in the same inflorescence or cluster
3. 
a. 
of or marked by a blend of male and female characteristics, roles, etc.
an androgynous culture
b. 
designating or of something that is not differentiated as to sex
androgynous clothing
Derived forms
androgyny (anˈdrogyny) (ænˈdrɑdʒəni)
noun
Word origin
L androgynus < Gr androgynos: see andro- & -gynous

Examples of 'androgynous' in a sentence
androgynous

The androgynous look pushes male models to lose muscle mass and women to lose their natural curves.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Also ringing alarm bells is a growing trend for skinny androgynous male models.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
She was initially known for her thin build and androgynous looks.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
And add a boyfriend jacket for a truly androgynous look.
The Sun (2009)
Many have suggested it is his androgynous styles.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
The androgynous man likes women as much or as little as he likes anyone.
Bachmann, Susan (editor) & Barth, Melinda Between Worlds: A Reader, Rhetoric and Handbook (1995)
Write an essay arguing that it is easier for either males or females to be androgynous in our society.
Bachmann, Susan (editor) & Barth, Melinda Between Worlds: A Reader, Rhetoric and Handbook (1995)
Basically, she was an androgynous figure.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
I like to either dress extremely feminine or rather androgynous.
The Sun (2012)
The androgynous man knows this.
Bachmann, Susan (editor) & Barth, Melinda Between Worlds: A Reader, Rhetoric and Handbook (1995)
Clothes become androgynous, then feminine.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
The look of the production is striking, as androgynous futuristic figures step out of the flashing screens and onto the stage.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
The result gave me an androgynous look that I found difficult to take seriously.
The Sun (2014)
So far I have been pretty vague about just what the freedom of the androgynous man is.
Bachmann, Susan (editor) & Barth, Melinda Between Worlds: A Reader, Rhetoric and Handbook (1995)
She is 52, but still looks like an androgynous street urchin.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
She has, after all, always had an androgynous sense of style.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
I love the androgynous look.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)

Word lists with
androgynous

terms used in botany
(adjective) 
Definition
having both male and female characteristics
She's always attracted to men with an androgynous quality.
Synonyms
hermaphrodite
bisexual
androgyne
hermaphroditic
epicene
ambisexual

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androgynous

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