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单词 epicene
释义 ep·i·cene
I. \ˈepəˌsēn\ adjective
Etymology: Middle English, from Latin epicoenus, from Greek epikoinos, from epi- + koinos common — more at co-
1. : having but one form to indicate either male or female sex (as Latin bos “a bull, ox, or cow”) — used of a noun
2. : having characteristics typical of the other sex : intersexual
 < his brothers suspect the epicene wife because of her masculine arms — R.H.Lowie >
: effeminate
3. : lacking the typical characteristics of either sex : sexless
 < perpetual children … happy epicene Peter Pans — Dwight Macdonald >
4. : lacking vigor
 < recent epicene treatises … withdraw from the major task of evaluating significance — Ephraim Fischoff >
: lacking vigorous masculinity
 < the hearty sportsman … really epicene beneath his tweeds — Wolcott Gibbs >
: delicate
 < a swift epicene felicity of wit — Evelyn Waugh >
II. noun
(-s)
: one who is epicene
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