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epicene - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'epicene' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Epicene [ a. & n.]
- 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 boy^s, bos, for the ox and cow; sometimes applied to eunuchs and hermaphrodites.
- Fig.: Sexless; neither one thing nor the other.