neuter

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It may be masculine, feminine, neuter -- he, she, it.

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  1. adjective Grammar Neither masculine nor feminine in gender.
  2. adjective Grammar Neither active nor passive; intransitive. Used of verbs.
  3. adjective Biology Having undeveloped or imperfectly developed sexual organs: the neuter caste in social insects.
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  1. Middle English neutre, from Old French, from Latin neuter, neither, neuter : ne-, not; see ne in Indo-European roots + uter, either; see kwo- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Latin neuter, neither; in grammatical use, neuter, transitive Greek οὐδέτερος (neutrum genus, transitive Greek γένος οὐδέτερον, neuter gender); from ne, not (see ne), + uter, either, one of two.
 

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