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Definitions for Epicene

[1] belonging to, or partaking of the characteristics of, both sexes: Fashions in clothing are becoming increasingly epicene.
[2] flaccid; feeble; weak: an epicene style of writing.
[3] effeminate; unmasculine.
[4] (of Greek and Latin nouns) of the same gender class regardless of the sex of the being referred to, as Latin vulpēs “fox or vixen” is always grammatically feminine.
[5] Grammar . (of a noun or pronoun) capable of referring to either sex, as attendant, chairperson, Kim, one, or they; having common gender.
[6] a person or thing that is epicene.
[7] having the characteristics of both sexes; hermaphroditic
[8] of neither sex; sexless
[9] effeminate
[10] grammar denoting a noun that may refer to a male or a female, such as teacher as opposed to businessman or shepherd (in Latin, Greek, etc) denoting a noun that retains the same grammatical gender regardless of the sex of the referent
[11] an epicene person or creature
[12] an epicene noun

Words related to Epicene

feminine, sissy, faint, frail, drained, effeminate, effete, emasculate, enervated, exhausted, feeble, flaccid, powerless, soft, tired, unmanly, womanish

Words nearby Epicene

epicardia, epicardium, epicarp, epicaste, epicedium, epicene, epicenter, epicentre, epicentrum, epichlorohydrin, epicist

Origin of Epicene

1400–50; late Middle English < Latin epicoenus of both genders < Greek epíkoinos common to many, equivalent to epi- epi- + koinós common

Other words from Epicene

ep·i·cen·ism , noun

Word origin for Epicene

C15: from Latin epicoenus of both genders, from Greek epikoinos common to many, from koinos common

Synonyms for Epicene

faint, feminine, frail, sissy, drained, effeminate, effete, emasculate, enervated, exhausted, feeble, flaccid, powerless, sissyish, soft, tired, unmanly, womanish, worn out