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epicene

n. (இலக்.) பலர்பால், ஆண்பால் பெண்பாற்பொது, ஆண் பெண் பண்புகளையுடைய ஒருவர், (பெ.) ஆண் பெண் தன்மைகள் உள்ள.


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.


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