epicene
adjective /ˈepɪsiːn/
/ˈepɪsiːn/
- (formal) having characteristics of both the male and female sex or of neither sex in particular
- epicene beauty
- (grammar) (of a word) having one form to represent male and female
- You can write ‘s/he’ as an epicene pronoun when you are not referring to men or women in particular.
Word Originlate Middle English (as a grammatical term): via late Latin from Greek epikoinos (based on koinos ‘common’).