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Adjective: epicene  'e-pi,seen
  1. Having an ambiguous sexual identity
    - bisexual, AC/DC [informal], bi [informal]
     
  2. Having unsuitable feminine qualities
    "an epicene man";
    - effeminate, emasculate, cissy [Brit, informal], sissified [informal], sissyish [informal], sissy [informal], camp [informal], campy [informal]
Noun: epicene  'e-pi,seen
  1. One having both male and female sexual characteristics and organs; at birth an unambiguous assignment of male or female cannot be made
    - hermaphrodite, intersex, gynandromorph, androgyne, epicene person

Derived forms: epicenes

See also: androgynous, poncey [Brit, informal], poncy [Brit, informal], unmanful, unmanlike, unmanly

Type of: bisexual, bisexual person

Encyclopedia: Epicene