Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An effeminate man.
- noun A plant belonging to the class Gynandria.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Bot.) A plant having the stamens inserted in the pistil.
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- noun botany A
plant having thestamens inserted in thepistil .
Etymologies
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See gynandrian.
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whichbe commented on the word gynander
A mannish woman. (From WordCraft)
May 20, 2008
thedayhascome commented on the word gynander
/guy NAN der/ n · A mannish woman.
August 7, 2008
chained_bear commented on the word gynander
Why is this considered insulting?
August 16, 2008
reesetee commented on the word gynander
I'm not sure it is--maybe TDHC means it to be witty instead?
Originally I think it implied that one was a hermaphrodite and/or came to mean that a person was of indeterminate or ambiguous sex (rather than androgynous, which usually means that one has characteristics of both sexes). Anyway, it's also a botany term--which I'd imagine isn't insulting to the plants that are so described. :-)
August 18, 2008
milosrdenstvi commented on the word gynander
From Greek 'gune', woman, and 'aner' ('andros' related form), man.
August 18, 2008
reesetee commented on the word gynander
That we've figured out. :-)
August 18, 2008