epicene
7 synonyms and 1 antonym for epicene, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.
Adj — Describing a group of Greek or Latin nouns that can mean either a male or a female but always keep one fixed grammatical gender.
Synonyms
Less common
Still standard English, but they carry more weight.
Rare, literary or technical
Precise, but they will stand out — check the sense before using one.
Synonyms by Meaning
1. adj
Describing a group of Greek or Latin nouns that can mean either a male or a female but always keep one fixed grammatical gender.
2. adj
Not clearly of one sex, or, of a face, looking neither clearly male nor clearly female.
Opposites
Etymology
From Late Middle English epicene, epicen, epicin, epcyn, episcen, epycen, epycene, epycyn, ypsen (“(grammar) having only one form for masculine and feminine gender, common”), from Late Latin epicoenos, epicoenus (“of a noun: applicable to either males or females”), Latin epicoenon (“noun applicable to either males or f...
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