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“epicenism”
epicene, epicenism
1. Belonging to or having the characteristics of both male and female; such as, "an epicene statue".
2. Effeminate; unmanly.
3. Sexless; neuter.
4. In linguistics, having only one form of the noun for both the masculine and the feminine genders.
5. Etymology: from Middle English, having only one form of the noun for either gender, from Latin epicoenus, previously from Greek epikoinos, "in common"; from epi, "on, over, above" + koinois, "common".
2. Effeminate; unmanly.
3. Sexless; neuter.
4. In linguistics, having only one form of the noun for both the masculine and the feminine genders.
5. Etymology: from Middle English, having only one form of the noun for either gender, from Latin epicoenus, previously from Greek epikoinos, "in common"; from epi, "on, over, above" + koinois, "common".
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ceno-, cene-, cen-, ceoen-, ceoene-, coeno-, coen-, coino-, coin-, kaino-, kain-, koino-, koin-
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epi-, ep-
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