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Meanings of epicene in inglés
Linguistics term; word with identical female and male forms.
Related terms
One having both male and female sexual characteristics and organs; at birth an unambiguous assignment of male or female cannot be made.
Synonyms
Examples for "epicene gender"
Examples for "epicene gender"
1
Words of common gender are exclusively used as applied to the qualification of Senators.
2
The noun "angel" being of common gender suits the case admirably, and the epithet is sure of being favorably received.
3
And whether, therefore, the third head of indefinite propositions were not as superfluous as the so-called ' common gender' of nouns in grammar?
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.
Having unsuitable feminine qualities.
Usage of epicene in inglés
1
He looked away, for that epicene tenderness of hers was too harrowing.
2
As for the epicene coteries of Bloomsbury, they filled him with loathing.
3
But this epicene state of enjoyment was not long to last.
4
Just who are those who enjoy the epicene on the stage?
5
Fancy a slender-hipped orchidaceous person, an epicene youth with Botticellian hair and a Nietzsche walk.
6
Tucci, flexing an epicene machismo, endears as a magician whose specialty is in making his act go wrong.
7
Another epicene creature flies by her.
8
Lentulus is slender, fair-haired, epicene.
9
There was a lack of grit and stamina about him-somethingsoft, both in manner and appearance; something dreamy, ambiguous, almost epicene.
10
This seemed to him an odd way to look at things, and he boggled over a phrase about an "epicene lily."
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From behind the headstone came the now ambiguous and epicene figure of the Wilbur twin, contorted to hold together the back of his waist.
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Facebook Twitter Pinterest The margins of Epicene in the 1640 book.
13
He called them neuters, epicenes, bloodless, sexless creatures.
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[Vide the play of "Epicene, or the Silent Woman," in which Mrs.
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"Sexless, epicene, undeveloped neuters!" he went on bitterly.
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He looked away, for that epicene tenderness of hers was too harrowing.
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Epicene through the time