androgynous
adjEtymology
From Latin androgynus (“man-woman, hermaphrodite”), from Ancient Greek ἀνδρόγῠνος (andrógŭnos), from ἀνήρ (anḗr, “man”) + γῠνή (gŭnḗ, “woman”) + -ος (-os, “-ous”, adjectival suffix), equivalent to andro- + gyno- + -ous.
- derived from ἀνδρόγῠνος
- derived from androgynus
Definitions
Possessing the sex organs of both sexes.
Pertaining to a feature or characteristic that is not definitively of either sex.
- Nicknames like Pat, Sam, and Chris are androgynous, used by both men and women.
- And I was taught that to be an actress, one should be fashionable, and to be fashionable is to be androgynous. And I am androgynous not less than David Bowie himself.
- My name is androgynous, in pronunciation at least – Lauren sounds like the more masculine Loren.
Possessing qualities of both sexes.
- The truth is, a great mind must be androgynous.
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Of a connector or docking port, able to connect to another connector or port of the same…
Of a connector or docking port, able to connect to another connector or port of the same type, rather than being restricted to connecting to solely male or solely female connectors or ports.
- APAS is an androgynous docking system, so – in principle, at least – any APAS-equipped vehicle should be able to hook up with any other, without having to worry about matching male with female ports.
The neighborhood
- synonymepicene
- synonymunisex
- synonymhermaphrodite
- neighborandrogyne
- neighborandrogyny
- neighborgenderqueer
- neighborgender bender
- neighborhermaphroditic
- neighborintersex
- neighbormonogendered
- neighborshehe
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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA