Word of the Day for Friday, March 11, 2011
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epicene \EP-uh-seen\, adjective:
epicene \EP-uh-seen\, adjective:
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1. Having the characteristics of both sexes.
1. Having the characteristics of both sexes.
2. Effeminate; unmasculine.
3. Sexless; neuter.
4. (Linguistics) Having but one form of the noun for both the male and the female.
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noun:
noun:
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1. A person or thing that is epicene.
2. (Linguistics) An epicene word.
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The world looks upon the B.O. as an epicene president, hardly worthy of the title of "Leader of the Free World"!
--Spy Maker, JSA's Blog
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He has a clear-eyed, epicene handsomeness -- cruel, sensuous mouth; cheekbones to cut your heart on -- the sort of excessive beauty that is best appreciated in repose on a 50-foot screen.-- Franz Lidz, "Jude Law: He Didn't Turn Out Obscure at All", New York Times, May 13, 2001
He has a clear-eyed, epicene handsomeness -- cruel, sensuous mouth; cheekbones to cut your heart on -- the sort of excessive beauty that is best appreciated in repose on a 50-foot screen.-- Franz Lidz, "Jude Law: He Didn't Turn Out Obscure at All", New York Times, May 13, 2001
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She smothers (almost literally at times) her weak, epicene son Vladimir, and is prepared to commit any crime to see him become Tsar, despite his reluctance.-- Ronald Bergan, Sergei Eisenstein: A Life in Conflict
She smothers (almost literally at times) her weak, epicene son Vladimir, and is prepared to commit any crime to see him become Tsar, despite his reluctance.-- Ronald Bergan, Sergei Eisenstein: A Life in Conflict
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Epicene derives from Latin epicoenus, from Greek epikoinos, "common to," from epi-, "upon" + koinos, "common."
Epicene derives from Latin epicoenus, from Greek epikoinos, "common to," from epi-, "upon" + koinos, "common."
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