androgynous

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  1. adjective Biology Having both female and male characteristics; hermaphroditic.
  2. adjective Being neither distinguishably masculine nor feminine, as in dress, appearance, or behavior.

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  • “Good to see you again It is good to see you again as well.” The voice that came from the grille beneath the faceplate was deep-throated yet oddly androgynous, almost as if an opera singer was concealed inside the suit. —  Asimov'sSF,December2007
  • He was too beautiful, the kind of androgynous beauty that holovid models sometimes achieve. —  Lilith Saintcrow - [Dante Valentine 1] - Working for the Devil
  • And Je t'aime moi non plus, "a scatological love triangle between two gay French garbagemen and ultra-androgynous Jim Ridley in the Nashville Scene:" The lesson of the —  GreenCine Daily
  • Reptilians regard themselves a perfected and superior race because of two main reasons; their physically androgynous, meaning male and female in the same body. —  Alex Jones' Prison Planet.com
  • Should I maybe get her something compelely androgynous, yet enjoyable by children everywhere? —  The Blogfathers
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  1. From Latin androgynus, hermaphrodite, from Greek androgunos : andro-, andro- + gunē, woman; see -gynous.

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  1. from Latin androgynus, from Greek ἀνδρόγυνος, both male and female, common to man and woman, from ἀνήρ (ἀνδρ-), a man, + γυνή, a woman, akin to English queen, quean, q. v.
 

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