Definition of Epicine
Ep"i*cene (?), a. & n. [L.
epicoenus, Gr. &?;; fr. 'epi` + &?; common; cf. F.
épicène.] 1. Common to both
sexes; -- a term applied, in grammar, to such nouns as have but one
form of gender, either the masculine or feminine, to indicate animals
of both sexes; as boy^s, bos, for the ox and cow;
sometimes applied to eunuchs and hermaphrodites.
2. Fig.: Sexless; neither one thing nor the
other.
The literary prigs epicene.
Prof. Wilson.
He represented an epicene species, neither
churchman nor layman. J. A. Symonds.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- Having the characteristics of both male and female.
- Effeminate or unmanly.
- (linguistics) Having only one form of the noun for both the male and the female.
- An epicene person, thing or word.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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