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EPICENE PERSON
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Dictionary entry overview: What does epicene person mean?
• EPICENE PERSON (noun)
The noun EPICENE PERSON has 1 sense:
1. one having both male and female sexual characteristics and organs; at birth an unambiguous assignment of male or female cannot be made
Familiarity information: EPICENE PERSON used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
One having both male and female sexual characteristics and organs; at birth an unambiguous assignment of male or female cannot be made
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
androgyne; epicene; epicene person; gynandromorph; hermaphrodite; intersex
Hypernyms ("epicene person" is a kind of...):
bisexual; bisexual person (a person who is sexually attracted to both sexes)
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