androgynous

androgynous
[[t]ændrɒ̱ʤɪnəs[/t]]
1) ADJ: usu ADJ n In biology, an androgynous person, animal, or plant has both male and female sexual characteristics. [TECHNICAL]
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2) ADJ-GRADED: usu ADJ n If you describe someone as androgynous, you mean that they are not distinctly masculine or feminine in appearance or in behaviour.

Belinda was always attracted to men with an androgynous quality to them...

The style was quite androgynous.


English dictionary. 2008.

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  • Androgynous — An*drog y*nous, Androgynal An*drog y*nal, a. [L. androgynus, Gr. ?; anh r, andro s, man + gynh woman: cf. F. androgyne.] 1. Uniting both sexes in one, or having the characteristics of both; being in nature both male and female; hermaphroditic.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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  • androgynous — *bisexual, hermaphroditic, hermaphrodite, epicene …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • androgynous — [adj] having male and female traits bisexual, cross sexual, epicene, hermaphrodite, trans sexual, unisexual; concept 372 …   New thesaurus

  • androgynous — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ partly male and partly female; of indeterminate sex. DERIVATIVES androgyny noun. ORIGIN from Greek an r man + gun woman …   English terms dictionary

  • androgynous — adjective Etymology: Latin androgynus hermaphrodite, from Greek androgynos, from andr + gynē woman more at queen Date: 1651 1. having the characteristics or nature of both male and female 2. a. neither specifically feminine nor masculine …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • androgynous — an|drog|y|nous [ænˈdrɔdʒınəs US ˈdra: ] adj [Date: 1600 1700; : Latin; Origin: androgynus person who is both male and female , from Greek, from andr ( ANDR ) + gyne woman ] 1.) having both male and female parts 2.) someone who is androgynous… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • androgynous — an|drog|y|nous [ æn dradʒənəs ] adjective 1. ) an androgynous person is neither clearly male nor clearly female 2. ) an androgynous animal or plant has both male and female parts …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

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