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Webster 1828 Edition
Androgynous
ANDROG'YNOUS
,Adj.
Having two sexes; being male and female; hermaphroditical.
In botany, the word is applied to plants which bear both male and female flowers from the same root, as birch, walnut, oak, chestnut, mulberry, &c. These plants constitute the monecian class in Linne's system, and frequently have an amentum, thong or catkin, for a calyx.
Definition 2024
androgynous
androgynous
English
Adjective
androgynous (comparative more androgynous, superlative most androgynous)
- Possessing the sex organs of both sexes. [from the earlier 17th c.]
- Pertaining to a feature or characteristic that is not definitively of either sex.
- Possessing qualities of both sexes.
- Owen
- The truth is, a great mind must be androgynous.
- Owen
Synonyms
- epicene; hermaphrodite (sometimes proscribed)
Related terms
Translations
having sex organs of both genders — see hermaphroditic
pertaining to a characteristic that is not definitively of either sex
possessing qualities of both sexes