ANDROGYNOUS


Meaning of ANDROGYNOUS in English

— 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 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .