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Значения термина epicene на английском

русский
эпицен
португальский
epicenidade de género
испанский
epiceno
каталонский
epicè

Linguistics term; word with identical female and male forms.

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эпицен
португальский
hermafrodita
каталонский
hermafrodita
испанский
hermafroditismo

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

hermafrodita
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Examples for "epicene gender"
Examples for "epicene gender"
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Words of common gender are exclusively used as applied to the qualification of Senators.
Samantha among the Brethren — Volume 7
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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
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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
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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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Использование термина epicene на английском
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He looked away, for that epicene tenderness of hers was too harrowing.
Jude the Obscure
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As for the epicene coteries of Bloomsbury, they filled him with loathing.
The Irish Times
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But this epicene state of enjoyment was not long to last.
Rattlin the Reefer
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Just who are those who enjoy the epicene on the stage?
Bertram Cope's Year
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Fancy a slender-hipped orchidaceous person, an epicene youth with Botticellian hair and a Nietzsche walk.
Old Fogy: His Musical Opinions and Grotesques
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Tucci, flexing an epicene machismo, endears as a magician whose specialty is in making his act go wrong.
Reuters
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Another epicene creature flies by her.
Promenades of an Impressionist
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Lentulus is slender, fair-haired, epicene.
Androcles and the Lion
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There was a lack of grit and stamina about him-somethingsoft, both in manner and appearance; something dreamy, ambiguous, almost epicene.
South Wind
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This seemed to him an odd way to look at things, and he boggled over a phrase about an "epicene lily."
Huntingtower
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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.
The Wrong Twin
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Facebook Twitter Pinterest The margins of Epicene in the 1640 book.
The Guardian
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He called them neuters, epicenes, bloodless, sexless creatures.
Herland
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[Vide the play of "Epicene, or the Silent Woman," in which Mrs.
The Diary of Samuel Pepys
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"Sexless, epicene, undeveloped neuters!" he went on bitterly.
Herland
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He looked away, for that epicene tenderness of hers was too harrowing.
Jude the Obscure
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epicenohermafroditismo
Epicene через время