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epicene

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1. epicene - Noun

2. epicene - Adjective

4. epicene - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Common to both sexes; -- a term applied, in grammar, to such nouns as have but one form of gender, either the masculine or feminine, to indicate animals of both sexes; as boy^s, bos, for the ox and cow; sometimes applied to eunuchs and hermaphrodites.

Fig.: Sexless; neither one thing nor the other.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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The priests have big noses and gnarly faces, lumpish bodies, yellow teeth; Herod Antipas and his court are a bizarre collection of oily-haired, epicene perverts. Source: Internet

The theory was that human nature is essentially epicene and social distinctions based on sex are arbitrarily constructed. Source: Internet

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