I. (ˈ)an|dräjənəs adjective
Etymology: androgyne + -ous
1. : having the characteristics of both sexes : being at once both male and female : hermaphroditic
2. archaic : sometimes hot and sometimes cold — used of planets
3.
a. : bearing both staminate and pistillate flowers in the same cluster with the male flowers uppermost — compare gynaecandrous
b. of fungi : bearing both antheridium and oogonium on the same hypha
II. adjective
1.
a. : neither specifically feminine or masculine
the androgynous pronoun them
the themes cross the sexual divide to the darkest place of our androgynous soul — Anne Roiphe
b. : suitable to or for either sex
an androgynous school of clothing design — Angelo d'Arcangelo
the best fiction is androgynous : designed by a writer … for a reader of either sex — Doris Grumbach
2. : having traditional male and female roles obscured or reversed
the possibility of a new androgynous way of life — Gerda Lerner
• an·drog·y·nous·ly -lē, -li adverb
• an·drog·y·nous·ness -nə̇s noun