English-Thai Dictionary

epicene

ADJ มี บุคลิกลักษณะ ของ ทั้งสอง เพศ  androgynous me-buk-ka-lik-lak-sa-na-kong-tang-song-ped

 

epicene

ADJ อ่อนแอ  weak on-ae

 

epicene

ADJ ไม่ใช่ ทั้ง เพศหญิง และ เพศชาย  effiminate unmanly mai-chai-tang-ped-ying-lae-ped-chai

 

epicene

N คนที่ มี ลักษณะ ของ ทั้งสอง เพศ (ทาง วรรณ คดี  สิ่ง ที่ มี ลักษณะ ของ ทั้งสอง เพศ  kon-ti-me-lak-sa-na-kong-tang-song-ped

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

EPICENE

a.[Gr. common. ] Common to both sexes; of both kinds.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

EPICENE

Ep "i *cene, a. & n. Etym: [L. epicoenus, Gr. épicène.]

 

1. Common to both sexes; -- a term applied, in grammar, to such nouns as have but one form of gender, either the masculine or feminine, to indicate animals of both sexes; as bos, for the ox and cow; sometimes applied to eunuchs and hermaphrodites.

 

2. Fig. : Sexless; neither one thing nor the other. The literary prigs epicene. Prof. Wilson. He represented an epicene species, neither churchman nor layman. J. A. Symonds.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

epicene

ep i cene |ˈepiˌsēn ˈɛpəˌsin | ▶adjective having characteristics of both sexes or no characteristics of either sex; of indeterminate sex: the sort of epicene beauty peculiar to boys of a certain age. • effeminate; effete: the actor infused the role with an epicene languor. ▶noun an epicene person. ORIGIN late Middle English (as a grammatical term ): via late Latin from Greek epikoinos (based on koinos ‘common ’).

 

Oxford Dictionary

epicene

epicene |ˈɛpɪsiːn | ▶adjective having characteristics of both sexes or no characteristics of either sex; of indeterminate sex: the sort of epicene beauty peculiar to boys of a certain age. • effeminate; effete: the actor infused the role with an epicene languor. ORIGIN late Middle English (as a grammatical term ): via late Latin from Greek epikoinos (based on koinos ‘common ’).

 

Oxford Thesaurus

epicene

epicene adjective 1 the epicene shape resolved into that of a cloaked female: sexless, asexual, neuter, unsexed; bisexual, androgynous, hermaphrodite; technical monoclinous, gynandrous, gynandromorphic, parthenogenetic; rare androgyne. 2 he gave an epicene titter: effeminate, womanish, unmanly, unmasculine, girlish; effete, weak, namby-pamby; informal sissy, girly, camp, limp-wristed, nancy, pansified, queeny. ANTONYMS masculine, macho.

 

French Dictionary

épicène

épicène adj. adjectif 1 linguistique Se dit d ’un nom qui, appartenant à la catégorie des animés, a la propriété d ’avoir un double genre grammatical correspondant à chacun des termes de l ’opposition de sexe. : Les noms enfant et journaliste sont épicènes. Note Technique La forme du mot épicène ne varie pas selon le genre. Un ou une enfant, un ou une journaliste. 2 linguistique Se dit d ’un nom, d ’un pronom, d ’un adjectif qui ne varie pas selon le genre. : Le pronom vous, l ’adjectif habile, le nom architecte sont épicènes. Note Orthographique épi cène.