Definition of Androginous
{ An*drog"y*nous (&?;), An*drog"y*nal (&?;), }
a. [L. androgynus, Gr. &?;; 'anh`r,
'andro`s, man + gynh` woman: cf. F.
androgyne.] 1. Uniting both sexes in one, or
having the characteristics of both; being in nature both male and female;
hermaphroditic. Owen.
The truth is, a great mind must be androgynous.
Coleridge.
2. (Bot.) Bearing both staminiferous and
pistilliferous flowers in the same cluster.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- Pertaining to a characteristic that is not definitively male or female.
Names like Terry, Pat, and Jean are androgynous because they can be given to both men and women.
- Condition in which gender is unknown, ambivalent, or indeterminate.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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