Dictionary Entry
epicene
epicene is a 7-letter English word with 5 senses as adjective & noun, noun, and adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
7 letters · Scrabble 11 · Words With Friends 14 · 5 senses
Definitions
- 1adjective & noun
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.
- 2adjective & noun
Fig.: Sexless; neither one thing nor the other.
- 3noun
one having both male and female sexual characteristics and organs; at birth an unambiguous assignment of male or female cannot be made
- 4adjective
having unsuitable feminine qualities
- 5adjective
having an ambiguous sexual identity
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