— androgyny , n.
/an droj"euh neuhs/ , adj.
1. being both male and female; hermaphroditic.
2. having both masculine and feminine characteristics.
3. having an ambiguous sexual identity.
4. neither clearly masculine nor clearly feminine in appearance: the androgynous look of many rock stars.
5. Bot. having staminate and pistillate flowers in the same inflorescence.
[ 1620-30; ANDROGYNE + -OUS ]