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androgynous

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11 lettersPronunciation /ænˈdɹɒd͡ʒ.ɪn.əs/Part of speech adjectiveSorted adgnnoorsuyStarts with AEnds with S0 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. having both male and female characteristics

Word origin

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.

Used in a sentence

  • 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.

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