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Antonyms for epicene

Grammar : Adj
Spell : ep-i-seen
Phonetic Transcription : ˈɛp ɪˌsin

Definition of epicene

Origin :
  • mid-15c., epycen, originally a grammatical term for nouns that may denote either gender, from Latin epicoenus "common," from Greek epikoinos "common to many, promiscuous," from epi "on" (see epi-) + koinos "common" (see coeno-). Extended sense of "characteristic of both sexes" first recorded in English c.1600; that of "effeminate" 1630s.
  • adj weak
Example sentences :
  • What's the meaning of this; and what, may I ask, is the intention of this—this epicene attire?
  • Extract from : « Stalky & Co. » by Rudyard Kipling
  • He looked away, for that epicene tenderness of hers was too harrowing.
  • Extract from : « Jude the Obscure » by Thomas Hardy
  • Sentiment is the ultima ratio feminarum, and of men whose natures are of the epicene gender.
  • Extract from : « Tracks of a Rolling Stone » by Henry J. Coke
  • But a liberal-minded public grew more and more in favor of epicene colleges.
  • Extract from : « History of Woman Suffrage, Volume III (of III) » by Various
  • He was a great contrast to the epicene bird-like creature who had lorded it over the civic fortunes of Valladolid.
  • Extract from : « The American Egypt » by Channing Arnold
  • The latest development of the impulses which animate the epicene sex has taken its expression in after-dinner oratory.
  • Extract from : « The Girl of the Period and Other Social Essays, Vol. II (of 2) » by Eliza Lynn Linton
  • This seemed to him an odd way to look at things, and he boggled over a phrase about an "epicene lily."
  • Extract from : « Huntingtower » by John Buchan

Synonyms for epicene

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