piteog — meaning in English

English meaning

• epicene adj Of or relating to a class of Greek and Latin nouns that may refer to males or females but have a fixed grammatical gender (feminine, masculine, neuter, etc.).

Senses

piteog is used for these senses in English:

• epicene (by extension, usually, pejorative) An effeminate man.

epicene — full definition

1. adj Of or relating to a class of Greek and Latin nouns that may refer to males or females but have a fixed grammatical gender (feminine, masculine, neuter, etc.).
2. adj Of or relating to nouns or pronouns in any language that have a single form for male and female referents.
3. adj Suitable for use regardless of sex; unisex.
4. adj Of indeterminate sex, whether asexual, androgynous, hermaphrodite, or intersex; of a human face, intermediate in form between a man's face and a woman's face.