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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

ANDROGYNOUS; ANDROGYNAL

An *drog "y *nous, An *drog "y *nal, a. Etym: [L. androgynus, Gr. androgyne. ]

 

1. Uniting both sexes in one, or having the characteristics of both; being in nature both male and female; hermaphroditic. Owen. The truth is, a great mind must be androgynous. Coleridge.

 

2. (Bot. )

 

Defn: Bearing both staminiferous and pistilliferous flowers in the same cluster.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

androgynous

an drog y nous |anˈdräjənəs ænˈdrɑʤənəs | ▶adjective partly male and partly female in appearance; of indeterminate sex. • having the physical characteristics of both sexes; hermaphrodite. DERIVATIVES an drog y ny |-nē |noun ORIGIN early 17th cent.: from Latin androgynus (see androgyne ) + -ous .

 

Oxford Dictionary

androgynous

androgynous |anˈdrɒdʒɪnəs | ▶adjective partly male and partly female in appearance; of indeterminate sex. • having the physical characteristics of both sexes; hermaphrodite. DERIVATIVES androgyny noun ORIGIN early 17th cent.: from Latin androgynus (see androgyne ) + -ous .

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

androgynous

an drog y nous /ændrɑ́dʒ (ə )nəs |-drɔ́dʒ -/形容詞 〖通例 名詞 の前で 〗1 男女両性の, 雌雄同体の ; 中性的な .2 〘植 〙雌雄同花 [株 ]の .à n dr ó g y ny /-ni /名詞