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Epicene vs Epicine - What's the difference?

epicene | epicine |

As adjectives the difference between epicene and epicine

is that epicene is lacking gender distinction, often specifically due to lack of either the masculine or the feminine while epicine is misspelling of epicene.

As a noun epicene

is a hermaphrodite person or other creature.

epicene

Alternative forms

* (archaic)

Adjective

(-)
  • Lacking gender distinction, often specifically due to lack of either the masculine or the feminine.
  • Effeminate (male with unusually strong female characteristics).
  • (biology) Androgynous, hermaphrodite (having both male and female characteristics).
  • (biology) Asexual (having neither male nor female characteristics).
  • (linguistics) Having only one form of the word, which serves as both masculine and feminine, even for either male or female referents.
  • Synonyms

    * (lacking gender distinction) unisex * (effeminate) camp, effeminate, unmanly * androgynous, hermaphrodite * asexual

    Derived terms

    * epicenism

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A hermaphrodite person or other creature.
  • An effeminate person.
  • An epicene word, without separate grammatical gender forms.
  • An epicene object.
  • See also

    * common ----

    epicine

    English

    Adjective

    (head)