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Epicene | Epicene \Ep"i*cene\, a. & n. [L. epicoenus, Gr. ?; fr. 'epi` + ? common; cf. F. ['e]pic[`e]ne.] 1. 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. [1913 Webster] 2. Fig.: Sexless; neither one thing nor the other. [1913 Webster] The literary prigs epicene. --Prof. Wilson. [1913 Webster] He represented an epicene species, neither churchman nor layman. --J. A. Symonds. [1913 Webster] |
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