bisexousadj.
/bʌɪˈsɛksəs/, U.S. /ˌbaɪˈsɛksəs/ Now rare.
Having both male and female characteristics; spec. hermaphroditic.
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mixed1644
bisexous1646
cock and hen1785
ambosexual1788
transsexual1907
heterosexual1912
unisexual1932
bi-gendered1961
gender-neutral1963
unisex1966
pangender1978
1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica xvii. 149 We..concede, that Hares have been of both sexes..; but that the whole species or kinde should be bisexous we cannot affirme. View more context for this quotation
1850 G. Johnston Introd. Conchol. vii. 106 The Tectibranches..are bisexous, although, in order to propagate the species, the animals require to act as if the sexes were distinct.
1902 A. Graham Rom. Afr. v. 136 An account of the experiences of this bisexous individual would have been entertaining as well as instructive to mankind.
1936 A. M. Harmon tr. Lucian Wks. V. 357 Tiresias himself was bisexous and amphibious [Gk. διφυέα γενέσθαι καὶ ἁμϕίβιον], now male, now female.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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