英语词汇“epicene”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

epicene

/ˈɛpɪsiːn

adjective

1Having characteristics of both sexes or no characteristics of either sex; of indeterminate sex: the sort of epicene beauty peculiar to boys of a certain age...

He had an epicene beauty and his iconic character was the ‘thing in itself,’ comedy and pathos in the same figure.
He was also a eunuch of such beauty that the sultan fell for his epicene handsomeness and appointed him his senior commander.
For someone who has spent much of his life perfecting an image of epicene other-worldliness, he now bears startlingly normal hallmarks of a bloke you'd enjoy talking to down the pub.

Synonyms

sexless, asexual, neuter, unsexed;

androgynous, hermaphrodite, androgyne

technical monoclinous, gynandrous, gynandromorphic, parthenogenetic

1.1Effeminate; effete: the actor infused the role with an epicene languor...

In this movie though, it's formed out of an epicene husband and a working-class orphan who have cemented their bonds in her absence, in a tent on an overnighter in the dark forest, to the tune of hooting owls.
Among my favorites are the triumphant warrior Fortinbras represented by a pair of barefoot drips in angel costume, he blond and epicene, she a redheaded virago.
Their gestures, facial expressions, and vocal intonations render them stereotypically gay or epicene.

Synonyms

effeminate, womanish, unmanly, unmasculine, girlish;

effete, weak, namby-pamby

informal sissy, girly, camp, limp-wristed, nancy, pansified, queeny

Origin

Late Middle English (as a grammatical term): via late Latin from Greek epikoinos (based on koinos 'common').

单词	epicene
释义	epicene /ˈɛpɪsiːn / adjective 1Having characteristics of both sexes or no characteristics of either sex; of indeterminate sex: the sort of epicene beauty peculiar to boys of a certain age... He had an epicene beauty and his iconic character was the ‘thing in itself,’ comedy and pathos in the same figure. He was also a eunuch of such beauty that the sultan fell for his epicene handsomeness and appointed him his senior commander. For someone who has spent much of his life perfecting an image of epicene other-worldliness, he now bears startlingly normal hallmarks of a bloke you'd enjoy talking to down the pub. Synonyms sexless, asexual, neuter, unsexed; androgynous, hermaphrodite, androgyne technical monoclinous, gynandrous, gynandromorphic, parthenogenetic 1.1Effeminate; effete: the actor infused the role with an epicene languor... In this movie though, it's formed out of an epicene husband and a working-class orphan who have cemented their bonds in her absence, in a tent on an overnighter in the dark forest, to the tune of hooting owls. Among my favorites are the triumphant warrior Fortinbras represented by a pair of barefoot drips in angel costume, he blond and epicene, she a redheaded virago. Their gestures, facial expressions, and vocal intonations render them stereotypically gay or epicene. Synonyms effeminate, womanish, unmanly, unmasculine, girlish; effete, weak, namby-pamby informal sissy, girly, camp, limp-wristed, nancy, pansified, queeny Origin Late Middle English (as a grammatical term): via late Latin from Greek epikoinos (based on koinos 'common').
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