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Significados de epicene en inglés

ruso
эпицен
portugués
epicenidade de género
español
epiceno
catalán
epicè

Linguistics term; word with identical female and male forms.

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        epiceno
        portugués
        hermafrodita
        catalán
        hermafrodita
        español
        hermafroditismo

        One having both male and female sexual characteristics and organs; at birth an unambiguous assignment of male or female cannot be made.

              hermafroditismo
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              Examples for "epicene gender"
              Examples for "epicene gender"
              1
              Words of common gender are exclusively used as applied to the qualification of Senators.
              Samantha among the Brethren — Volume 7
              2
              The noun "angel" being of common gender suits the case admirably, and the epithet is sure of being favorably received.
              The Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow
              3
              And whether, therefore, the third head of indefinite propositions were not as superfluous as the so-called ' common gender' of nouns in grammar?
              Deductive Logic
              4
              Maybe because it's already a female-dominated field, potential casting directors will be women too, because gendered professional fields tend to also perpetuate that common gender.
              The Irish Times

              Having unsuitable feminine qualities.

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                  Having an ambiguous sexual identity.

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                        Uso de epicene en inglés
                        1
                        He looked away, for that epicene tenderness of hers was too harrowing.
                        Jude the Obscure
                        2
                        As for the epicene coteries of Bloomsbury, they filled him with loathing.
                        The Irish Times
                        3
                        But this epicene state of enjoyment was not long to last.
                        Rattlin the Reefer
                        4
                        Just who are those who enjoy the epicene on the stage?
                        Bertram Cope's Year
                        5
                        Fancy a slender-hipped orchidaceous person, an epicene youth with Botticellian hair and a Nietzsche walk.
                        Old Fogy: His Musical Opinions and Grotesques
                        6
                        Tucci, flexing an epicene machismo, endears as a magician whose specialty is in making his act go wrong.
                        Reuters
                        7
                        Another epicene creature flies by her.
                        Promenades of an Impressionist
                        8
                        Lentulus is slender, fair-haired, epicene.
                        Androcles and the Lion
                        9
                        There was a lack of grit and stamina about him-somethingsoft, both in manner and appearance; something dreamy, ambiguous, almost epicene.
                        South Wind
                        10
                        This seemed to him an odd way to look at things, and he boggled over a phrase about an "epicene lily."
                        Huntingtower
                        11
                        From behind the headstone came the now ambiguous and epicene figure of the Wilbur twin, contorted to hold together the back of his waist.
                        The Wrong Twin
                        12
                        Facebook Twitter Pinterest The margins of Epicene in the 1640 book.
                        The Guardian
                        13
                        He called them neuters, epicenes, bloodless, sexless creatures.
                        Herland
                        14
                        [Vide the play of "Epicene, or the Silent Woman," in which Mrs.
                        The Diary of Samuel Pepys
                        15
                        "Sexless, epicene, undeveloped neuters!" he went on bitterly.
                        Herland
                        16
                        He looked away, for that epicene tenderness of hers was too harrowing.
                        Jude the Obscure