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Word: Epicene
Speech Type: Adjective
late Middle English (as a grammatical term): via late Latin from Greek epikoinos (based on koinos ‘common’)
ˈɛpɪsiːn
having characteristics of both sexes or no characteristics of either sex; of indeterminate sex
Short Definition:having characteristics of both sexes or no characteristics of either sex
Examples:- photographs of an epicene young man
- his author photo is rakish and epicene
designating nouns and pronouns that may denote individuals of either sex
Short Definition:denoting gender of nouns
Examples:- an epicene third-person singular pronoun
Word: Epicene
Speech Type: Noun
ˈɛpɪsiːn
an epicene person.
Short Definition:epicene person
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