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epicene

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7 lettersPronunciation /ˈɛp.ɪˌsiːn/Part of speech adjective, nounSorted ceeeinpStarts with EEnds with E0 clues
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Definitions

  1. having unsuitable feminine qualities

Used in a sentence

  • In many names of animals, the same word with the same gender is used for both sexes: ἡ ἁλὠπηξ the fox, male or female. These are said to be epicoene.
  • Five High School boys came down the road abreast. Ellis saw them coming, a row of yellow, malicious faces—epicene faces, horribly smooth and young, grinning at him with deliberate insolence.
  • There is a kind of aesthetic masturbation here akin to Elmer's love of impregnable, virginal epicene women.

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