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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024ep•i•cene (ep′i sēn′),USA pronunciation adj. - belonging to, or partaking of the characteristics of, both sexes:Fashions in clothing are becoming increasingly epicene.
- flaccid;
feeble;
weak:an epicene style of writing. - effeminate;
unmasculine. - Grammar(of Greek and Latin nouns) of the same gender class regardless of the sex of the being referred to, as Latin vulpēs "fox or vixen'' is always grammatically feminine.
- Grammar(of a noun or pronoun) capable of referring to either sex, as attendant, chairperson, Kim, one, or they;
having common gender.
n. - a person or thing that is epicene.
- Greek epíkoinos common to many, equivalent. to epi- epi- + koinós common
- Latin epicoenus of both genders
- late Middle English 1400–50
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: epicene /ˈɛpɪˌsiːn/ adj - having the characteristics of both sexes; hermaphroditic
- of neither sex; sexless
- effeminate
- denoting a noun that may refer to a male or a female, such as teacher as opposed to businessman or shepherd
- (in Latin, Greek, etc) denoting a noun that retains the same grammatical gender regardless of the sex of the referent
Etymology: 15th Century: from Latin epicoenus of both genders, from Greek epikoinos common to many, from koinos commonˌepiˈcenism n |