EPICENE


Meaning of EPICENE in English

adj. & n.

--adj.

1. Gram. denoting either sex without change of gender.

2 of, for, or used by both sexes.

3 having characteristics of both sexes.

4 having no characteristics of either sex.

5 effete, effeminate.

--n. an epicene person.

Etymology: ME f. LL epicoenus f. Gk epikoinos (as EPI-, koinos common)

Oxford English vocab.      Оксфордский английский словарь.