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A Writer's Dictionary:

epicene Definition


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epicene
adj
    1. Having characteristics of both sexes, or of neither sex.
    2. Relating to, or for use by, both sexes.
    3. Effeminate.
    4. grammar.
      Said of a noun: referring to people or animals of either sex (eg driver, as opposed to waiter and waitress).
Etymology: 15c: from Latin epicoenus of both genders, from Greek epikoinos common to many.



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